Edward Pilatowicz wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:02:34AM -0800, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>
>> Edward Pilatowicz wrote:
>>
>>> so i assume that in the man page below you'll be doing
>>> s/mixerctl/audioctl/. if that's the case then i wonder about the need
>>> for AUDIODEV support. AUDIODEV normally points to SADA style audio
>>> devices, right? but since your introducting a new audioctl tool,
>>> shouldn't it be designed to work on boomer audio devices, not SADA
>>> devices?
>>>
>> Yes, it should have the "s/mixerctl/audioctl/". I am going to have
>> another set of updates, as since I've made changes to the code I've
>> altered a few more things.
>>
>> As far as $AUDIODEV goes, the code actually will work with either a
>> SADA device node or a Boomer node. The underlying code only
>> operates on Boomer nodes, but it operates by finding the associated
>> "mixer" device node for the device file you supply.
>>
>> So it will work to supply any of:
>>
>> /dev/audio
>> /dev/audioctl
>> /dev/sound/0
>> /dev/dsp
>> /dev/dsp1
>> /dev/sound/audiohd:0
>> /dev/sound/audiohd:0dsp
>> /dev/sound/audiohd:0mixer
>>
>> The goal here is that end-users should not need to be aware of SADA
>> vs. Boomer. Those are API details.
>>
>>
>
> ok. but for familiarity sake (since those are common to all OSS based
> systems), and to facilitate any possible future removal of SADA
> compatibility, shouldn't we only document the new boomer interfaces? in
> this case the device path doesn't seem like an API detail. the user as
> to set AUDIODEV to something.
>
> since mixerctl(1) is SADA specific and legacy, it's ok for it to talk
> about /dev/audio* paths, but shouldn't any newish, non-legacy
> documentation (say audioctl(1)) and apis always refer to boomer/oss
> device paths? (note that i'm not talking about the implementation here,
> just the documentation that end users see.)
>
> ed
>
One more thought: legacy Sun audio(7I) isn't going away. Its a
committed interface. I'm not worried about keeping it around forever.
SADA != Sun audio(7I).
- Garrett
