Re: README no longer mentions symlinks for includes
Philip Blundell (pb@nexus.co.uk)
Fri, 23 Apr 1999 10:45:59 +0100
In message <Pine.GSO.4.10.9904231006500.23512-100000@eos30>, alex.buell@tahalla
h.demon.co.uk writes:
>On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Philip Blundell wrote:
>
>> >#include <soundcard.h>
>> >
>> > no such file: /usr/include/soundcard.h ...
>>
>> If you want soundcard support for user programs (and it's something
>> that would be generally useful) consider sending a patch to the libc
>> developers.
>
>Bad idea, there are a load of user-space libraries for this purpose -
>for example ESD, OSS, ALSA and so forth.
No, you miss the point. If people are having to use <linux/soundcard.h> at
the moment that suggests that there are ioctl definitions or something else
system-specific that is needed by user space. This could be a candidate for
inclusion into libc if that would be an advantage. Nobody is suggesting
including full sound functionality into libc -- that would clearly be absurd.
p.
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