Hi Alexandre,
Do you know if any applications in ports use /dev/sound as default audio device.
Maybe they are not smart enough to try /dev/audio if /dev/sound fails.
- Michael
On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 08:12:45AM +0200, Alexandre Ratchov wrote:
> As audio(4) manual says "In all respects /dev/audio and /dev/sound
> are identical". Only one of them is needed and this diff is to
> remove /dev/sound.
>
> OK?
>
> Index: etc/MAKEDEV.common
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/etc/MAKEDEV.common,v
> retrieving revision 1.91
> diff -u -p -u -p -r1.91 MAKEDEV.common
> --- etc/MAKEDEV.common 4 Sep 2016 15:38:59 -0000 1.91
> +++ etc/MAKEDEV.common 8 Sep 2016 05:48:20 -0000
> @@ -418,13 +418,11 @@ _mkdev(acpi, acpi*, {-M acpi c major_acp
> __devitem(pctr, pctr*, PC Performance Tuning Register access device)dnl
> _mkdev(pctr, pctr, {-M pctr c major_pctr_c 0 644-})dnl
> __devitem(au, audio*, Audio devices,audio)dnl
> -_mkdev(au, audio*, {-M sound$U c major_au_c $U
> +_mkdev(au, audio*, {-M audio$U c major_au_c $U
> M mixer$U c major_au_c Add($U, 16)
> - M audio$U c major_au_c Add($U, 128)
> M audioctl$U c major_au_c Add($U, 192)
> MKlist[${#MKlist[*]}]=";[ -e audio ] || ln -s audio$U audio"
> MKlist[${#MKlist[*]}]=";[ -e mixer ] || ln -s mixer$U mixer"
> - MKlist[${#MKlist[*]}]=";[ -e sound ] || ln -s sound$U sound"
> MKlist[${#MKlist[*]}]=";[ -e audioctl ] || ln -s audioctl$U
> audioctl"-})dnl
> __devitem(vi, video*, Video V4L2 devices,video)dnl
> _mkdev(vi, video*, {-M video$U c major_vi_c $U 600
> Index: share/man/man4/audio.4
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man4/audio.4,v
> retrieving revision 1.74
> diff -u -p -u -p -r1.74 audio.4
> --- share/man/man4/audio.4 8 Sep 2016 05:18:20 -0000 1.74
> +++ share/man/man4/audio.4 8 Sep 2016 05:48:20 -0000
> @@ -53,14 +53,11 @@ underlying hardware configuration suppor
> .Pp
> There are four device files available for audio operation:
> .Pa /dev/audio ,
> -.Pa /dev/sound ,
> .Pa /dev/audioctl ,
> and
> .Pa /dev/mixer .
> .Pa /dev/audio
> -and
> -.Pa /dev/sound
> -are used for recording or playback of digital samples.
> +is used for recording or playback of digital samples.
> .Pa /dev/mixer
> is used to manipulate volume, recording source, or other audio mixer
> functions.
> @@ -68,10 +65,10 @@ functions.
> accepts the same
> .Xr ioctl 2
> operations as
> -.Pa /dev/sound ,
> +.Pa /dev/audio ,
> but no other operations.
> In contrast to
> -.Pa /dev/sound ,
> +.Pa /dev/audio ,
> which has the exclusive open property,
> .Pa /dev/audioctl
> can be opened at any time and can be used to read the
> @@ -80,18 +77,11 @@ device variables while it is in use.
> .Sh SAMPLING DEVICES
> When
> .Pa /dev/audio
> -or
> -.Pa /dev/sound
> is opened, it attempts to maintain the previous audio sample format and
> record/playback mode.
> In addition, if it is opened read-only
> (write-only) the device is set to half-duplex record (play) mode with
> recording (playing) unpaused.
> -In all respects
> -.Pa /dev/audio
> -and
> -.Pa /dev/sound
> -are identical.
> .Pp
> Only one process may hold open a sampling device at a given time
> (although file descriptors may be shared between processes once the
> @@ -514,7 +504,6 @@ string values.
> .Bl -tag -width /dev/audioctl -compact
> .It Pa /dev/audio
> .It Pa /dev/audioctl
> -.It Pa /dev/sound
> .It Pa /dev/mixer
> .El
> .Sh SEE ALSO
>
