Re: [Feature Wish] GGI in Linux 2.3

David Woodhouse (Dave@imladris.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 16 Jan 1998 22:33:34 +0000

ketil@ii.uib.no said:
> Now, thinking about the GGI issues of: a KGI, which defines access to
> the hardware, and libGGI, which contains routines for using that
> access (correct me if I'm wrong on this). Shouldn't sound behave
> similarly?

> That is, a KSI which opens for accessing the audio hardware, and a
> libGSI (or whatever). I admit to not knowing about how the sound
> driver(s) is implemented in the kernel, but couldn't this allow stuff
> like multiple sound cards (``multi-mouthed'' systems)?

AFAIK, we already support multiple sound cards. But I'd like the possibilities
for redirection that would come with it (transport your sound output from local
sound card to PC speaker to remote network terminal without the application
noticing).

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