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From: "Cameron Grant" <gandalf@vilnya.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: resetting dsp parameters
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 00:00:28 +0100
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> Anthony Kimball scribbled this message on Aug 30:
> > 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.

unfortunately, fixing this would break oss compatibility.

if there is interest, i could add a minor number for another device which
didn't get reset on open.

    - cameron




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