From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lee Revell Subject: Re: [RFC] compatibility between alsa-kernel and alsa-lib Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:55:17 -0400 Message-ID: <1155311717.26925.22.camel@mindpipe> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Thierry Vignaud Cc: Alsa-devel List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 17:39 +0200, Thierry Vignaud wrote: > Thierry Vignaud writes: > > > > Yes, that's a missing part, so far. > > > > > > Currently, we keep the backward compatibility as much as possible. > > > For example, if a control element is renamed, we keep the old > > > entry with "optional true" attribute so that the same config works > > > for older version. But, this wouldn't work if the device number > > > changes or any other critical change occurs. > > > > > > The versioned config would be a solution. The question is how to > > > take the version number/string. One possible idea is that a card > > > provides a read-only control element named "Version" with > > > IFACE_CARD. Or simply a new ioctl for this purpose. > > > > > > Anyway, this implementation should be more discussed on alsa-devel > > > ML. > > > > let's forward it alsa-devel@ ml then. > > is nobody interested in ensuring compatibility between alsa-lib & > alsa-kernel? > see linus statements about greg wanted to break compatibility with > older udev... I thought it was already ALSA policy for a year or so not to make incompatible changes between alsa-lib and alsa-kernel. Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642