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Date:      Thu, 25 Sep 1997 08:38:22 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
To:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        iwasaki@pc.jaring.my
Subject:   Re: pcm device has a conflict with FreeBSD(98)? (Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/isa/snd
Message-ID:  <199709250638.IAA23519@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
In-Reply-To: <342A1180.39FC0D16@pc.jaring.my> from "Mitsuru IWASAKI" at Sep 25, 97 03:23:25 pm

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> Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> > I am sorry for the name clash. If someone has a better name I have no
> > objection. I have picked up "pcm" because "snd" was already in use (and
> ...
> > The actual name has not much importance in both cases since it
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> > I do not lean for any of the two solutions, provided the new name is
> > reasonable and reminds the functionality of the device
> > (i.e. I would not like to call it "yapcm"!)
> 
> How about these?
>  - iss  (Integrated (or Improved) Sound System)
>  - msnd (Multi-snd)
>  - nsnd (New snd)
>  - yasnd (Yet Another snd)
>  - isnd
>  - xsnd
>  - ipcm
>  - xpcm
> 
> I prefer the first one :)

it is not "sound" because it does not support midi/synth devices, really
just pcm stuff. As I was telling someone else, "audio" could be a
suitable name in my opinion.

	Cheers
	Luigi



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