From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Timur Tabi Subject: Re: Possible problem with snd_pcm_oss_sync() Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 13:57:42 -0500 Message-ID: <48331F26.4030104@freescale.com> References: <4832F65E.5070008@freescale.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from de01egw02.freescale.net (de01egw02.freescale.net [192.88.165.103]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01D952433E for ; Tue, 20 May 2008 20:57:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from de01smr01.freescale.net (de01smr01.freescale.net [10.208.0.31]) by de01egw02.freescale.net (8.12.11/de01egw02) with ESMTP id m4KIvkrj021815 for ; Tue, 20 May 2008 11:57:47 -0700 (MST) Received: from [10.82.19.119] (ld0169-tx32.am.freescale.net [10.82.19.119]) by de01smr01.freescale.net (8.13.1/8.13.0) with ESMTP id m4KIvkD5000193 for ; Tue, 20 May 2008 13:57:46 -0500 (CDT) In-Reply-To: <4832F65E.5070008@freescale.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: ALSA development List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Timur Tabi wrote: > I'm working with a customer that has discovered a possible problem with OSS > emulation. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of experience with OSS, so I need > help understanding whether the customer's observations point to a real problem > or not. Update: snd_pcm_oss_sync() displays this message: sync: buffer_used What does this mean? What does it mean to sync, and why would an OSS application call sync? -- Timur Tabi Linux kernel developer at Freescale