Jaroslav Kysela wrote: > On Fri, 19 Mar 2010, Stefan Schoenleitner wrote: >> * Are these instances running as separate processes (i.e. fork()) or are >> they implemented as threads ? How is this implemented internally in the >> ALSA code ? > > No forks or threads. Both instances will run in one process with the > audio application. The plugin code must take core how many pcm instances > are active and send the appropriate communication file descriptors to > application for select/poll I/O multiplexing. Thanks for the quick answer, I have a better understanding of the plugin concept now. cheers, Stefan _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel