Subject: Re: More questions about /dev/music behaviour
To: Gavan Fantom <gavan@coolfactor.org>
From: Lennart Augustsson <lennart@mail.augustsson.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/31/2001 09:23:24
Gavan Fantom wrote:

> In sequencer.c, lines 732-735 (in version 1.15):
>
>         if (cmd == MIDI_NOTE_ON && parm == 0) {
>                 cmd = MIDI_NOTE_OFF;
>                 parm = MIDI_HALF_VEL;
>         }
>
> What is the reason that we want to do this? Does OSS do this?

Yes, this is what OSS does.  So the only reason we want it is to be compatible.
But if you think it's broken, maybe we should remove it?

    -- Lennart