From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:30:25 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add description of ALSA_OSS_PCM_DEVICE env variable
X-Git-Tag: v1.0.8~2
X-Git-Url: https://git.alsa-project.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=18b9e24ad4c6d06cb03f131598f94887258f9a27;p=alsa-oss.git

Add description of ALSA_OSS_PCM_DEVICE env variable

Added the description about ALSA_OSS_PCM_DEVICE environment variable.
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diff --git a/alsa/aoss.1 b/alsa/aoss.1
index 4920c8b..44f1bcd 100644
--- a/alsa/aoss.1
+++ b/alsa/aoss.1
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ pcm.dsp0 {
 
 In the above configuration examples, the pcm.dsp0 definition is used to wrap calls do /dev/dsp0. You can also wrap usage of /dev/dsp1, /dev/dsp2, etc. by defining pcm.dsp1, pcm.dsp2, etc..
 
+The PCM name to open can be given explicitly via \fBALSA_OSS_PCM_DEVICE\fP
+environment variable, too.  This overrides the default \fBdsp0\fP, etc.
+
 Note on mmap: aoss mmap support might be buggy. Your results may vary when trying to use an application that uses mmap'ing to access the OSS device files.