I'm pretty sure this problem goes back as far as at least NetBSD-3.0.
I'm using the emuxky(4) driver on 3.0, and I've definitely encountered this
behavior.
-Brian

On Sep 12,  9:14pm, Jukka Salmi wrote:
} Subject: Re: emuxki(4): audioplay(1) blocking
} Hi,
} 
} Stéphane Witzmann --> current-users (2006-09-12 20:49:07 +0200):
} > 1) Does the same test work with another sound card on the same system ?
} 
} I don't have another card to test ATM...
} 
} 
} > 2) I think playing with flac123 works because it opens /dev/audio instead
} > of /dev/sound. This resets the device.
} > 
} > Can you try playing the wav files using /dev/audio ?
} 
} Indeed, this works fine!
} 
} 
} > Can you also tell flac123 to use /dev/sound and see if it triggers the bug ?
} 
} Yes, it does trigger it.
} 
} Anything else I should try?
} 
} 
} Regards, Jukka
} 
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