afwd is a Linux kernel module and userspace daemon program to enable the transparent use of an audio (or other character) device across the network. Applications open /dev/audio or /dev/dsp and ioctl()/read()/write() as usual, only the operation is carried out on a remote machine.
| Tags | multimedia Sound/Audio |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases


Changes: This release adds support for the Linux 2.6 kernels. It applies endianness fixes for heterogeneous client/servers. Some cleanups were also made.


Changes: Support for Alpha CPUs has been added.


Changes: afwd has been backported to Linux 2.2, and also ported to Linux 2.4.