Re: [alsa-devel] Any OSS changes from kernel 2.6.21 to 2.6.23? Something broke.

Takashi Iwai wrote:

There is no relevant change regarding OSS-emulation code in kernel between 2.6.21 and 2.6.23.

It turns out that ALSA (when using mplayer to play a divx video file via OSS emulation) is rapidly sending back-to-back SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_STOP and SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_START commands. Why would it do that?