Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Still I cannot understand why...
From: Tim Goetze (tim_AT_quitte.de)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 02:42:03 EET
Jussi Laako wrote:
>Mark Constable wrote:
>>
>> Why ? I use Linux, this list is linux-audio-devel.
>>
>> The only good thing, to me, about "other unices" is that
>> apple had a choice and chose BSD.
>
>Compatibility/portability (read: standards) is the main reason why Linux
>became what it is today. _Do_not_ break this or Linux will lose...
>
>Thank POSIX!
>
>Btw. OSS follows the original unix idea and POSIX rule of "everything is a
>file" very well. It works with open()/read()/write()/close() as the other
>devices do. And it's controlled via ioctl() as it should.
oh, flamed be you, jussi.
read the source and see what alsa is made of. they didn't make new
syscalls, you know?
it must have escaped my attention that they forced you to use
alsa-lib :)
tim
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