diff --git a/share/man/man4/snd_dummy.4 b/share/man/man4/snd_dummy.4 --- 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 @@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ .Pp Playback works by discarding all input, and recording by returning silence (zeros). +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /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 , diff --git a/sys/dev/sound/dummy.c b/sys/dev/sound/dummy.c --- a/sys/dev/sound/dummy.c +++ b/sys/dev/sound/dummy.c @@ -346,6 +346,12 @@ return (ENXIO); mixer_init(dev, &dummy_mixer_class, sc); + /* + * Create an alias so that tests do not need to guess which one is the + * dummy device if there are more devices present in the system. + */ + make_dev_alias(sc->info.dsp_dev, "dsp.dummy"); + return (0); }