From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 16 01:56:31 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0A4416A401 for ; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:56:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 958C513C428 for ; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:56:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fcash@ocis.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFA051A000B19 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:30:36 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at smtp.sd73.bc.ca Received: from smtp.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id bJ-7OCOjhP52 for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:30:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from webmail.sd73.bc.ca (webmail.sd73.bc.ca [10.10.10.17]) by smtp.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92A951A000B0D for ; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:30:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from 24.71.119.183 (SquirrelMail authenticated user fcash) by webmail.sd73.bc.ca with HTTP; Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:30:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <63226.24.71.119.183.1171589429.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:30:29 -0800 (PST) From: "Freddie Cash" To: ports@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: Re: [semi-OT] Re: portupgrade O(n^m)? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:56:31 -0000 On Thu, February 15, 2007 4:32 pm, youshi10@u.washington.edu wrote: > On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Jeremy Messenger wrote: > I just want to help make a great system even better--that's all; the > only parts of the system I can possibly thinking of improving that > also align with my interests are the ports system and sound system > (daemonizing it like ALSA, instead of having stuff block /dev/dsp, > /dev/mixer, like OSS). Enable the virtual channel support (see output of "sysctl -a | grep vchans") and the kernel will automatically mix multiple sound streams into one, and auto-assign programs to the different /dev/dsp0.* devices as needed. Much nicer than the ALSA methods, and something that FreeBSD has handled for a *long* time. :) ---- Freddie Cash fcash@ocis.net