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diff --git a/share/man/man4/snd_dummy.4 b/share/man/man4/snd_dummy.4 index 2b9d26d318ef..172b8ed70729 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/snd_dummy.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/snd_dummy.4 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd July 15, 2024 +.Dd October 22, 2025 .Dt SND_DUMMY 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -47,11 +47,22 @@ physical sound card. It is intended for testing, so that test programs do not need to rely on hardware being present in the machine in order to run. .Pp -The driver attaches as a regular PCM device, with two channels (one playback -and one recording), as well as a mixer. +The driver attaches as a regular +.Xr sound 4 +device, with two channels (one playback and one recording), as well as a mixer. .Pp Playback works by discarding all input, and recording by returning silence (zeros). +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width "/dev/dsp.dummy" -compact +.It Pa /dev/dsp.dummy +Alias to the device's +.Pa /dev/dsp%d +file created by +.Xr sound 4 . +This makes it easy for tests to open the dummy devic when there are more +devices present in the system. +.El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr sound 4 , .Xr loader.conf 5 , |