Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2025 12:56:54 GMT From: Christos Margiolis <christos@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 26e7e9a6a2a2 - main - mixer(8): Update FILES section Message-ID: <202511061256.5A6Cusai041902@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by christos: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=26e7e9a6a2a2ee8101b0d06c83ac6d66b78a985d commit 26e7e9a6a2a2ee8101b0d06c83ac6d66b78a985d Author: Christos Margiolis <christos@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2025-11-06 12:56:36 +0000 Commit: Christos Margiolis <christos@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2025-11-06 12:56:36 +0000 mixer(8): Update FILES section While here, change "N" to "X" to match sndctl.8's notation. Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation MFC after: 4 days Reviewed by: emaste Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53503 --- usr.sbin/mixer/mixer.8 | 44 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.sbin/mixer/mixer.8 b/usr.sbin/mixer/mixer.8 index 819d8ae73ab1..d7de675bceee 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/mixer/mixer.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/mixer/mixer.8 @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ .\" OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN .\" THE SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd August 14, 2024 +.Dd October 31, 2025 .Dt MIXER 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl f Ar device -.Op Fl d Ar pcmN | N Op Fl V Ar voss_device:mode +.Op Fl d Ar pcmX | X Op Fl V Ar voss_device:mode .Op Fl os .Op Ar dev Ns Op Cm \&. Ns Ar control Ns Op Cm \&= Ns Ar value .Ar ... @@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ The options are as follows: .It Fl a Print the values for all mixer devices available in the system .Pq see Sx FILES . -.It Fl d Ar pcmN | N +.It Fl d Ar pcmX | X Change the default audio card to -.Ar pcmN , -where N is the unit number (e.g for pcm0, the unit number is 0). +.Ar pcmX , +where X is the device's unit number (e.g for pcm0, the unit number is 0). See .Sx EXAMPLES on how to list all available audio devices in the system. @@ -246,30 +246,22 @@ makes the only recording device. .El .Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width /dev/mixerN -compact -.It Pa /dev/mixerN -The mixer device, where -.Ar N -is the number of that device, for example -.Ar /dev/mixer0 . -PCM cards and mixers have a 1:1 relationship, which means that +.Bl -tag -width "/dev/mixerX" -compact +.It Pa /dev/mixerX +The mixer device, where X is the unit number of that device, +.Pa /dev/dsp* +devices and +.Pa /dev/mixer* +devices have a 1:1 relationship, which means that, for instance, .Pa /dev/mixer0 -is the mixer for -.Pa /dev/pcm0 -and so on. -By default, +is the mixer device for +.Pa /dev/dsp0 . +.It /dev/mixer +Alias to the default device's mixer device. .Nm -prints both the audio card's number and the mixer associated with it -in the form of -.Ar pcmN:mixer . -The -.Pa /dev/mixer -file, although it does not exist in the filesystem, points to the default -mixer device and is the file -.Nm -opens when the +opens this when the .Fl f Ar device -option has not been specified. +option is not specified. .El .Sh EXAMPLES List all available audio devices in the system:help
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