[linux-audio-dev] Plugin APIs (again)

[Steve Harris]

On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 09:52:28 -0800, Tim Hockin wrote:
> Do we really want to have different controls for different channels?  I can
> see how it might be neat, but since multiple channels is convenient
> for hardware people, shouldn't we leave the controls the same, too? :)

Sounds sensible.
 
> > However, it might be handy for the host to be able to ask for the 
> > values of specific controllers. It may or may not be useful to do 
> > that multiple times per buffer - but if it is, you'll definitely want 
> > the timestamps of the "reply events" to match those of your request 
> > events, or things will get hairy...
> 
> Uggh, can we keep the get() of control values simpler than events?  My
> previos proposal had a control->get() method and a ctrl->set() method.
> Obviously, the set() is superceded by events.  Is the get, too?

What is this for? If you want to implement this then they need to be
events (well, sample accurate), but they sound like a pain to implement.

- Steve