Subject: Re: /dev/audio vs /dev/audio0
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@jocelyn.rhein.de>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 03/22/1999 20:52:38
On Mon, Mar 22, 1999 at 08:02:31PM +1100, matthew green wrote:
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> so, a few months ago (maybe a year?) ago lennart changed audioctl to operate
> on /dev/audio{,ctl}0 rather than /dev/audio{,ctl} incase one had more than
> one audio device. from my survey of MAKEDEV files, it seems that the amiga
> is the only one to create audio[0123]. everything else that creates an
> audio device uses /dev/audio.
>
>
> do we want to complete this change? if folks think it is a good thing, i
> will do this in the next couple of days.
Hm. as 3rdparty-software (e.g. LOTS of package stuff) is using /dev/audio
per default, it needs to stay around as a symlink, and documented in some
way that helps the system administrator to set it correctly.
Regards,
-is