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Subject: resetting dsp parameters
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One complaint I have with the current sound driver interface is
that dsp parameters (n channels, sample size, sample rate) are
reset to non-useful values every time I open the device.
This makes it unnecessarily hard to write scripts to use the
device.  For example, I can't write a sndcontrol program to
change the sample characteristics. and use dd to perform sound i/o,
because when dd opens the device, the ioctl's have lost effect.

Would a patch (of acceptable quality) to change this be well-recieved?




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