Re: Removing the -T option from virtual_oss?

On 3/10/25 19:06, Christos Margiolis wrote:
> I was wondering about the use of the -T option in virtual_oss. For one,
> what the argument -T expects, is always going to be /dev/sndstat, so I
> find that to be quite redundant in the first place. Also, is there a
> case where we wouldn't want the device to be registered to sndstat?
>
> Attached is a patch based on the upstream [1]. I think it is more
> sensible to register the device to sndstat unconditionally.
>
> Only problem with this is backwards compatibility. I suppose if we want
> to not break things, we could alternatively make the -T option a no-op.
> What do you think?
>
> Christos
>
> [1] https://github.com/freebsd/virtual_oss

Hello,

I'm using virtual_oss for years and I never understood why would anyone 
want to not register the device. I can't see any drawback in registering 
the device unconditionally.

Regards,
meka