matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au> writes:
> well, no.  keep the software audio mixer *in userland* [1].  if a device
> supports multiple inputs (ie, has a real hardware mixer), then we should
> allow multiple writes to it - some devices already allow this my attaching
> multiple instances of /dev/audioN.

I think that this only leads to confusion. Some devices allow multiple
opens, some don't, and software can't rely on the behavior.

Also the gnome and kde mixer daemons are crappy.

Perry