Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: device allocated to {14,5}, {14,7}, {14,9} | Date | 24 Jan 1998 12:48:06 GMT |
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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.
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