On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 11:06:15AM -0400, Brian A Seklecki (Mobile) wrote:

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> On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 14:51 +0000, Tomas Bodzar wrote:

> > And still one thing

> >

> > When I was try OpenBSD (I think that was 3.8),I use WindowMaker,Xmms and lots

>

> Some *BSD systems are adjusting PCM driver support to allow multiple

> process to open /dev/dsp / /dev/audio multiple times in-exclusively,

> mitigating the needs for piss-poor software API multiplex'ing solutions

> a-la ARTS/ESD.

oh?  NetBSD lets /dev/audio be opened non-exclusively, but AFAICS,

there's no real mixing involved.  just a hack to let stupid programs

open /dev/audio twice.
piss-poor, artsd?  really?  have you tried it in -current?  I have not

seen any PRs, nor even any comments about artsd.  I use it daily.  for

both recording and playback.
esd, yeah, piss-poor.  or rather, a classic example of everyone and his

brother "contributing".  IMO, anyway.
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