Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
> 
> 
> In this case, I propose to change snd_pcm_avail() to snd_pcm_hwsync()
> function with description: "synchronize r/w pointers with hardware".
> Really, after some thinking, the return value from snd_pcm_avail() cannot
> be used for nothing serious. I simply don't like that delay() functions
> do more arithmetic than necessary. Overdesign has been criticized in this
> list, too.

Let examine kernel level: snd_pcm_{plaback,capture}_delay do a
snd_pcm_update_hw_ptr and a snd_pcm_{playback_hw,capture}_avail (that's
only a wrap safe difference).

Are you sure you want to add another ioctl and another API function in
all the PCM classes just to avoid a subtraction?

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