Re: App database

[Stas Sergeev <stsp@aknet.ru>]

Hello.

Ryan Underwood wrote:
> The idea was to be able to file bugs against a particular
>  application under a particular DOSEMU version
I think that can be helpfull. But as the
bottleneck of a dosemu development process is
unfortunately elsewhere, I wouldn't assign the
prio to that your project higher than to your
adlib server:)

> It should function similarly to the WINE application compatibility database.
Just wondering, is/was that possible to reuse
their (or other) code rather than writing your
own?

> whether or not it works with any of the other emulators (FreeBSD doscmd,
> DosBox, Bochs, etc)
Actually testing against NT or 2000 dos box is
the most important. Bochs and doscmd are out of
comparision.

PS: I think there will be problems with your
adlib server as a separate process to mix the
sound with dosemu's SB digital output in real-time.
The adlib server must do a frequent small transferrs
together with taking care about keeping the OSS's
buffers partially filled to avoid underruns.
At the same time dosemu's DMA will write a
large blocks and very infrequently. When the
block from DMA arrives, there is already a data
from an adlib server in a real card's DMA buffers,
and there is no possibility to mix so lately
(unless the hardware permits).
So I beleive the DMA and Adlib sounds will always
interrupt each other, unless they are coordinated
and using an internal mixing (not per your design).
Is there a planned solution for that? Or is there
something in ALSA that can help with the real-time
mixing even under that hostile conditions? dmix?