Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:33:38 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Jabez McClelland <mcchow AT onebox DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Allegro: slow install_sound() on 486
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On 27 Nov 2001, Jabez McClelland wrote:

> install_sound(DIGI_AUTODETECT,MIDI_NONE,NULL) still
> takes 36 seconds.  Rats.  Any further ideas?  I'm thinking of copying
> the code for install_sound() to my_install_sound() and adding a bunch
> of timing diagnostics... But that's messy.  Surely someone out there
> knows what's going on in this function and can chime in?

Since the sources are freely available, that someone could be you.
Adding time measurements to the function and reporting results here
might just be the missing piece in this puzzle; armed with that
information, either you or someone else could find the reason and
suggest a solution.