Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:25:00 -0600 From: Craig Boston <craig@yekse.gank.org> To: Freddie Cash <fcash@ocis.net> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [semi-OT] Re: portupgrade O(n^m)? Message-ID: <20070216022500.GB7847@nowhere> In-Reply-To: <63226.24.71.119.183.1171589429.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> References: <op.tns6zxer9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <Pine.LNX.4.43.0702151632001.1923@hymn09.u.washington.edu> <63226.24.71.119.183.1171589429.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca>
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On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 05:30:29PM -0800, Freddie Cash wrote: > 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. :) Someday I hope that in a future release maxautovchans will be set by default on cards that don't support hardware channels, so it can "just work" no matter what your hardware is. I know 4.x had some stability problems with dynamic vchans vs static ones, but it seems to be solid since 5.1 or 5.2. Craig
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