Re: 1.0.0 Requirements, Integration of sound deamon (JACK)

[Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey@boosthardware.com>]

David Sankel wrote:
> Hello ALSA developers,
> 
>   I was wondering if there is a requirement list for
> 1.0.0 release of ALSA.  If not, what would be expected
> in a 1.0.0 release?  (I've got a few brain/cpu cycles
> to spare towards a 1.0.0 release)
> 
>   I know the topic of sound deamons has really been
> stomped in the ground, but I haven't found any
> information about the possible inclusion of the JACK
> sound deamon into an alsa release.  Since running JACK
> does not lock up any of the sound device files, all
> non-JACK-aware programs will act normally while the
> deamon is running.
> 


Have you used JACK?

AFAIK it definitely requires a pcm. You may have used it on hardware 
that supports multiopen which would explain what you have observed.


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