device clone on open

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hey,

I'd like to implement device cloning on open, as that would be of great 
use for pcm:

We already have vchans, i.e. we can play multiple sound sources mixed at 
the same time, but programs need to open /dev/dsp0.{0,1,2,3} to do this.

It would be much more convenient if programs just could use /dev/dsp and 
the pcm driver hands out virtual channels as long as they are available.

For this to work, we'd have to change the vnode in the fp.  I'm a little 
bit confused how complicated this devices stuff is in the kernel.  Why 
do we need to route everything over vnodes anyways?  Whatever.

Is there a way to accomplish this?  Anybody got some ideas?

cheers
  simon

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