Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal

Peter Bortas
2006-01-05T09:57:43Z

On 1/5/06, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de> wrote:
>
> >No. Everything on Solaris uses the Solaris native sound API except for
> >possibly quick-hack ports of applications from Linux. Doing anything
> >else would as you say be insane and break things like device
> >redirection on Sunrays.
> >
> Device redirection is just "writing to a different /dev node" - on
> Solaris and Linux. IIRC, the API is the same.

Correct. Rederection to $AUDIODEVICE that is a normal /dev/audio.