Subject: Re: hardware/software for playing MOD-files?
To: None <jpatton@net20.intserv.com>
From: Mike Long <mike.long@analog.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/06/1996 14:40:37
>Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 12:47:19 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Jack Patton <jpatton@net20.intserv.com>

>I have managed to beat tracker into compiling (after swiping the 
>soundcard.h file from my friend's linux system and a little fiddling).
>However, I am having trouble making the proper devices to get tracker to 
>work right. I had to make two devices, /dev/dsp (42,16) and 
>/dev/sequencer (42,16). 
>I took the major device number based upon the major number for my audio and 
>mixer devices. It seems that if I don't have the minor of the dsp device set 
>to 16, tracker reports 'error opening audio device'
>When I do have the dsp minor set at 16, I get an 'error setting sample size'
>BTW, this is all being attempted on a NetBSD-1.0A system...

NetBSD does not use VoxWare, so there is no point to creating
/dev/dsp or /dev/sequencer.  You must port tracker to work with
NetBSD's drivers.  See NetBSD's audio(4).

Alternatively, you could obtain a Linux binary and test
NetBSD-current's Linux (and Linux audio) emulation.  See
compat_linux(8).
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