From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Apple-Mail-14-661062393" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) From: Anthony Sorace In-Reply-To: <2577c9.12b19530.giyO.mx@tumtum.plumbweb.net> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:58:27 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <6CCD7B4C-B298-4F85-91CD-DCD750E946D9@9srv.net> References: <2577c8.0aa552af.tqKm.mx@tumtum.plumbweb.net><2577c8.fe23c316.C0kk.mx@tumtum.plumbweb.net> <2577c9.12b19530.giyO.mx@tumtum.plumbweb.net> To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] kw audio -- /dev/audio and friends Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6f1ada26-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --Apple-Mail-14-661062393 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I've misplaced my USB audio kit, but I'm reasonably sure I read from = /dev/audio (and a cursory reading of the source suggests that ought to = work). Is there any reason to do otherwise? I don't know what audioin is = intended to buy. Given that it's never been in audio(3), I'm not sure = it's important to support it. It's unfortunate that volume and audioctl don't support the same = language. Don't add another. It's pretty easy to handle both; see = /sys/src/cmd/usb/audio/audiofs.c. The one for audioctl is reasonably = regular and comprehensive; it'd be nice to standardize our audio = interfaces around that. I'm more interested in audiostat. I don't see that in the usb = implementation, and I'm not clear on whether it could be provided there. = Anyone know? Should audio programs treat that as optional? "deprecation" in unix is a mess, where things can stay "deprecated" for = ages. it'd be nice to be able to say "/dev/volume (or /dev/eia0status) = was a mistake; here's a backwards-compatible improvement, and the old = stuff goes away in 6 months." --Apple-Mail-14-661062393 content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; name=PGP.sig content-description: This is a digitally signed message part content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkzIdlMACgkQyrb52b5lrs5+XQCfdvx2QKWCNczjW3fo8odV0AUH PCMAnjXbK95w9TtUwZCVjqCcUkDEuUkU =VEeL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-14-661062393--