Re: device allocated to {14,5}, {14,7}, {14,9}
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
24 Jan 1998 12:48:06 GMT
Followup to: <Pine.SUN.3.96.980124041529.29658Y-100000@amsterdam.lcs.mit.edu>
By author: "C. Scott Ananian" <cananian@lcs.mit.edu>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> > /* drivers/sound/soundconfig.h */
> > #define SND_DEV_DSP16 5 /* Like /dev/dsp but 16 bits/sample */
> > #define SND_DEV_AWFM 7 /* Reserved */
> > #define SND_DEV_SNDPROC 9 /* /dev/sndproc for programmable devices */
>
> > I think minor #5 needs to be registered and needs a standard filename.
>
> Debian and RedHat seem to use /dev/dspW, which is somewhat unsatisfactory.
> Apparantly Debian has a device for minor 7, too.
> Minor 9 is deprecated, and the sooner it is forgotten, the better.
>
> At the risk of another name-flame-fest, can we linux-kernel'ites come up
> with a decent name for minor 5 and get it registered?
> --Scott
> @ @
/dev/dsp16 seems reasonable to me, and seems to have been the intent
given the above defines.
-hpa
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