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From: Hannu Savolainen <hannu@opensound.com>
To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: which is preferred interface: SOUND_PCM... or SNDCTL_DSP... ?
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 21:49:23 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-sound-96214268602399@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-sound-96213283117889@msgid-missing>

On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Britton wrote:

> 
> I was under the impression that the SOUND_PCM ioctls were now preferred,
> but I don't see any equivalent for SNDCTL_DSP_GETBLKSIZE.  Am I just
> missing it or is the old format still used for some things (or am I
> confused which is the old format)?  
The SOUND_PCM ioctls are completely obsolete and they exist only to
provide compatibility with some older applications. Use the SNDCTL_ ones
instead.

The OSS Programmer's Guide is available at http://www.opensound.com/pguide
and it documents all supported ioctl calls.

Best regards,

Hannu
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Hannu Savolainen (hannu@opensound.com)
http://www.opensound.com (Open Sound System (OSS))
http://www.compusonic.fi (Finnish OSS pages)

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Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-06-27 19:02 which is preferred interface: SOUND_PCM... or SNDCTL_DSP... ? Britton
2000-06-27 21:49 ` Hannu Savolainen [this message]

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