> What about converting only in the case of mmap?
You probably mean converting only when doing read/write.
This is what ALSA does.
IMNSHO one could remove the mmap interface, as there is
nothing that couldn't be done as easily without it,
and it complicates the sound driver so much that you can
never be sure that there are no security problems for
example.
FreeBSD btw. got this almost right.
The problem is that a "killer application" considered important
(quake) uses it.
Tom
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