From nobody Sat May 17 19:49:22 2025 X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4b0Dzw6kj7z5w5vv for ; Sat, 17 May 2025 19:49:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from christos@freebsd.org) Received: from margiolis.net (mail.margiolis.net [95.179.159.8]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA512) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4b0Dzv6ngBz3nrD for ; Sat, 17 May 2025 19:49:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from christos@freebsd.org) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=margiolis.net header.s=default header.b=CdUwu7BY; spf=softfail (mx1.freebsd.org: 95.179.159.8 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of christos@freebsd.org) smtp.mailfrom=christos@freebsd.org; dmarc=fail reason="No valid SPF, DKIM not aligned (relaxed)" header.from=freebsd.org (policy=none) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; s=default; bh=FraHKVTH8wuj TSDM9mhPll2ggmCzZlVCaf61nZSPueo=; h=subject:to:from:date; d=margiolis.net; b=CdUwu7BY+P6sbTxYXgoSZuW2RLDlhYmFAchPPhTGn49yvyWqzw/ lvK3jzSG9TP+YwxWUUM3VKcGfL7jiwA3PD7QbjaHBY7TIBRiGGaPR3y62Pr2d4MG1GzKPr svqEl595RcwYXhgmIAxadzAwNZn36jRG1JeFSfc94MFjehEAK8= Received: from pleb (public-gprs561779.centertel.pl [37.225.57.180]) by margiolis.net (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id 07bede11 (TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256:NO) for ; Sat, 17 May 2025 13:49:23 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 21:49:22 +0200 From: Christos Margiolis To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Do we need /dev/sequencer? Message-ID: List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-multimedia List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4b0Dzv6ngBz3nrD X-Spamd-Bar: - X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.55 / 15.00]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.999]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.97)[-0.967]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.88)[-0.882]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[margiolis.net:s=default]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_POLICY_SOFTFAIL(0.10)[freebsd.org : No valid SPF, DKIM not aligned (relaxed),none]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[margiolis.net:+]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; MISSING_XM_UA(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; ASN(0.00)[asn:20473, ipnet:95.179.144.0/20, country:US]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; R_SPF_SOFTFAIL(0.00)[~all:c]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; FREEFALL_USER(0.00)[christos]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org]; TO_DOM_EQ_FROM_DOM(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+] I want to clean up and modernize sys/dev/sound/midi and I'm wondering what the use-case for /dev/sequencer is nowadays, if any. Does anyone know of any application, or someone, who relies on this? If not, I think we could go ahead and get rid of it. Christos