[Python-Dev] Where is OSS used? (original) (raw)

Greg Ward gward@python.net
Sun, 9 Mar 2003 21:16:47 -0500

I'm working on docs for ossaudiodev, and I thought I'd ask here before bugging the OSS people: does anyone know which operating systems use OSS (Open Sound System) as the standard audio interface? I know Linux up to 2.4 does, as do some (all?) versions of FreeBSD.

Do any of the other BSD flavours (OpenBSD, NetBSD, ...) use OSS out-of-the-box? (If you have access to a FooBSD box, take a look for /usr/include/*/soundcard.h -- if it looks like this:

""" #ifndef SOUNDCARD_H #define SOUNDCARD_H /*

then it's OSS.)

Anyone know precisely which 2.5.x version of Linux dropped OSS in favour of ALSA?

Please reply directly to me -- my python-dev subscription is temporarily disabled because I went on holiday a week ago, and still haven't caught up with my other email backlog...

Thanks --

    Greg

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