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From: Frank van de Pol <F.K.W.van.de.Pol@inter.nl.net>
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Subject: Re: CO-existing with OSS ?
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Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 16:37:55 +0200 (MET DST)
In-Reply-To: <357E671D.2D85@bath.ac.uk> from "P.J.Leonard" at Jun 10, 98 11:59:41 am
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P.J.Leonard wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
>  At present I am developing a sequencer/notation program which
> uses the OSS /dev/sequencer interface.
> 
>  I do not want to loss my OSS /dev/sequencer capabilities, but I would
> like to play with the work beeing done on the kernel-kernel
> communication  and kernel-userland communication.
>

Hmmm, if you're refering to my test program: don't expect more from it than
a test program to prove the concept of getting multiple clients to connect
to the /dev/sndseq device.
 
> <LOW LEVEL KENEL IGNORANCE MODE ON>
>  Is there a kernel guru that could tell me if it is possible for
> me to to still have the OSS /dev/sequencer in the kernel with
> the new alsa stuff ? The alsa README says I should remove the OSS
> stuff from the kernel :-(
> <OFF>
> 
>  I guess I could live with having 2 kernels to boot but ideally
> it would be nice to see if I can drive the OSS stuff via a alsa kernel
> module.
> 
> 

I've configured the kernel for OSS (as module) and can easily switch between
the ALSA and OSS by simply unloading the modules of one sound system and
loading the modules of the other. (I'm not using kmod/kerneld things in case
that matters.) I've simple shell scripts for loading/unload alsa/oss in my
configuration.

Regards,
Frank.


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