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OSSAUDIO(3)               NetBSD Programmer's Manual               OSSAUDIO(3)


NAME

     ossaudio - OSS audio emulation


LIBRARY

     OSS Audio Emulation Library (libossaudio, -lossaudio)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <soundcard.h>


DESCRIPTION

     The ossaudio library provides an emulation of the OSS (Linux) audio in-
     terface.

     Use the native interface for new programs and the emulation library only
     for porting programs.


SEE ALSO

     audio(4), midi(4).


BUGS

     The emulation uses an #define for ioctl() so some obscure programs can
     fail to compile.

     The emulation is incomplete.

     The emulation only covers ioctl(), there are other differences as well.
     E.g., on a write that would block in non-blocking mode Linux returns
     EINTR whereas NetBSD 1.3 returns EWOULDBLOCK.


HISTORY

     The ossaudio library first appeared in NetBSD 1.3.

NetBSD 1.5.1                   October 16, 1997                              1