>> there's a little detail you're forgetting. unless >> the hw supports multi-open and the current number of >> subunits is below the limit of the number of opens, >> then having the descriptor will cause all other >> attempts to access the device to block (unless they >> explicitly request non-blocking open, which means >> they then have to unset that flag for normal >> application operation > >I hadn't forgotten. The situation to which you are >referring is called "a bug in the *application*".
not clearly so. there are very few resources accessed via a file descriptor that require this being done. the fact that an application has to understand this only adds to the problems with the block-on-open design. --p ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
