On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 08:46:41AM +0100, Steve Woodford wrote:
> The "realplayer" package (and any other Linux binary using OSS audio
> under emulation) uses the kernel's OSS compat code.

That's what I guessed.

> See sys/compat/ossaudio.

But I didn't find the kernel sources where the conversion is done. Thanks
for the hint.

> I haven't look at it in any detail, but if it's broken in the same way as
> the OSS library, I suggest you go ahead and fix it in the same way.

That's not so easy. The fix is to use floating point values for the
intermediary result. And I can't do that of course inside the kernel.

> I definately agree that the best place to fix this is in the OSS goop.

It is because it solves the problem at a single place - well, two places -
and doesn't require changes to all audio drivers.

> The `rounding' that takes place following a "mixerctl -w" provides useful
> feedback as to the granularity of the mixer's gain registers.

I agree completely.

	Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                            http://www.sighardstrasse.de/~tron/