Subject: Re: /dev/sound == LINUX /dev/dsp?
To: Richard Rauch <rauch@eecs.ukans.edu>
From: Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/26/1999 10:27:27
Richard Rauch wrote:

> I see that there is a /dev/sound on my system (dated from around June 4).
> The only reference that I have found to it so far is from the
> /emul/linux/dev/dsp (a symbolic link to /dev/sound); the
> /dev/db/pkg/suse_base-6.1 files refer to the creation of the symbolic
> link.  There is no man page on it.

Try 'man audio', that's the man page for /dev/sound as well.

> So, should I be safe in pointing plib's sound to /dev/sound?  Are there
> any caveats or shortfalls that I should be aware of?  Where can I find man
> pages on ossaudio?  (The ossaudio man page itself is very brief.)

If you want docs for OSS then try their web site, www.4front-tech.com.

    -- Lennart