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From: Ville Syrjala <villes@syrjala.pp.sci.fi>
To: alsa-user@alsa.jcu.cz
Subject: Re: empty /proc/sound, no full OSS emulation ?
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On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Thomas Eschenbacher wrote:

> Ville Syrjala wrote:
snip...
> > [...]
> > > what is the "sound" driver that provides /dev/sound for ?
> > [...] I believe that OSS drivers heve to register themeselves. As do
> > ALSA drivers.
> 
> ??? If they really register themselfes, there should be something in
> /dev/sndstat, this doesn't fit to the things you said above ???

I meant that they register themselves to ALSA toplevel module.

> Does ALSA support /dev/sndstat or does it not ?

No. For ALSA /proc/asound directory provides similiar (but not compatible)
information in an organized manner.

> 
> Thanks,
>    Thomas.
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> Thomas Eschenbacher                          Thomas.Eschenbacher@gmx.de
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