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Diffstat (limited to 'backends/oss/oss-device.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | backends/oss/oss-device.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/backends/oss/oss-device.c b/backends/oss/oss-device.c index 7699e7d..e89e6e8 100644 --- a/backends/oss/oss-device.c +++ b/backends/oss/oss-device.c @@ -459,8 +459,12 @@ oss_device_load (OssDevice *device) } else g_clear_object (&device->priv->output); - /* See if we can use the modify_counter field to optimize polling */ -#ifdef SOUND_MIXER_INFO + /* + * See if we can use the modify_counter field to optimize polling. + * + * Only do this on Linux for now as the counter doesn't update on BSDs. + */ +#if defined(SOUND_MIXER_INFO) && defined(__linux__) do { struct mixer_info info; gint ret; @@ -476,12 +480,12 @@ oss_device_load (OssDevice *device) /* * Use a polling strategy inspired by KMix: * - * Poll for changes with the OSS_POLL_TIMEOUT_NORMAL interval, when we + * Poll for changes with the OSS_POLL_TIMEOUT_NORMAL interval. When we * encounter a change in modify_counter, decrease the interval to * OSS_POLL_TIMEOUT_RAPID for a few seconds to allow for smoother * adjustments, for example when user drags a slider. * - * This way is not used on systems which don't support the modify_counter + * This is not used on systems which don't support the modify_counter * field, because there is no way to find out whether anything has * changed and therefore when to start the rapid polling. */ @@ -648,17 +652,13 @@ poll_mixer (OssDevice *device) struct mixer_info info; /* - * The modify_counter field increases each time a change happens on + * The modify_counter field increases each time a change occurs on * the device. * * If this ioctl() works, we use the field to only poll the controls * if a change actually occured and we can also adjust the poll interval. * - * This works well at least on Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD. This call is - * not supported on FreeBSD as of version 10. - * - * The call is also used to detect unplugged devices early, when not - * supported, the unplug is still caught in the backend. + * The call is also used to detect unplugged devices early. */ ret = ioctl (device->priv->fd, SOUND_MIXER_INFO, &info); if (ret == -1) { |