Lennart Augustsson wrote:
> Do you really (normally) need both of them?

Yes, the code uses the audioctl device to setup audio properties like number of channels, volume. the 'audio' device is only used for i/o.
 
> You can only open the audio device if it isn't already open.  So if you're
> already playing something and need to change some parameter you're
> stuck without audioctl.  This doesn't happen very often, and, in fact,
> audioctl was introduced much later than audio&sound&mixer.  It was
> mostly introduced to be sun compatible.

I do not want to remove audioctl device. I just think that
for audioplay/audiorecord, it's poitless to use it. We can use
the opened 'audio' device for ioctls as well as the i/o.

Jaromir  
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