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+tinyalsa: a small library to interface with ALSA in the Linux kernel
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+The aims are:
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+- Provide a basic pcm and mixer API
+- If it's not absolutely needed, don't add it to the API
+- Avoid supporting complex and unnecessary operations that could be
+  dealt with at a higher level
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