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authorsheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>1999-09-03 15:11:43 +0000
committersheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>1999-09-03 15:11:43 +0000
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Update the instructions for setting up audio symlinks, now that MAKEDEV
DTRT (well, it's been doing it since rev 1.97).
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@@ -62,16 +62,11 @@ So, if you have the following line in your kernel config file:
.Pp
your first PnP audio card will be unit #1, i.e. it will be accessible
as /dev/audio1, /dev/dsp1, etc.
-Many application default to using /dev/audio, so you can create
-symlinks from /dev/audio etc to the correct device entries as follows:
+Many applications default to using /dev/audio, but appropriate
+symlinks will be created as a side-effect of the the following command:
.Pp
.Cd cd /dev
-.Cd rm audio dsp dspW mixer
.Cd ./MAKEDEV snd1
-.Cd ln -s audio1 audio
-.Cd ln -s dsp1 dsp
-.Cd ln -s dspW1 dspW
-.Cd ln -s mixer1 mixer
.Pp
The driver works best with WSS/MSS cards, which have a very clean
architecture and an orthogonal set of features. They also happen to be
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