2008/043 [Phase 1 of OSS for Solaris]

[Torrey McMahon]

Freeman Liu wrote:
>
>>>  
>>
>>
>> Why do I see a configure script being written in the near future with 
>> a comment that says....
>>
>>    For some %#$%@ reason Sun calls its dsp device "private_dsp". This
>>    is pretty weird but we can look for it anyway.
>>
> Where is this script come from ? For OSS, /dev/dsp is the interface 
> for applications and
> for Sun Audio (SADA), /dev/audio is. It is really weird to see 
> private_dsp in Sun Audio system.
> Does this script refer to some very old version of Solaris ?
>
> Thank you
>  Freeman
>

No. My point was that if you hide/change the name then it will not stop 
someone from finding it and using it. Sorry if that wasn't clear.