Re: Saving device driver state during shutdown

Jamie Lokier (lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 4 Aug 1999 19:44:24 +0200


David Woodhouse wrote:
> 1. Switch on CD player.
> 2. Set sound levels.
> 3. Exit mixer program.
> 4. Sound module auto-unloads.
> 5. Something opens /dev/audio. Sound module reloads.
> --> Mixer settings are reset, however briefly.

The sound hardware is physically in use when you're using the CD player,
so what's wrong with keeping the driver loaded?

-- Jamie

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