Re: OSS vs ALSA war :-)

[GCZ <geeceezee@free.fr>]

Lee Revell wrote:

> No, this is why ALSA provides OSS emulation, so every legacy app doesn't
> have to be recoded.  For gaming you should use the closed-source Nvidia
> drivers and ALSA's OSS emulation.  I don't think anyone can make a

Which doesn't work on my setup. I posted a message on alsa-user I think, 
and I don't remember exactly what error message I got, but I think it 
had something to do with mmap. Nobody replied to my message. At one 
point, going through so many documents, ML posts, Q&A's, trial and error 
steps just to make it work isn't worth it, if no improvement comes out 
of it. If Takashi is indeed interested in my feedback, at least it will 
be productive.

By the way, while drivers themselves need improvements in some cases 
(such as mine), I cannot stress enough that the user experience must be 
improved as well. The configuration file is cryptic to me - and that's 
just one example.

> serious argument that Nvidia should open source their drivers, they
> shouldn't have to disclose their IP just to have their devices work in
> Linux, and you know what you are getting when you buy the hardware.

I'm glad to read that. Let's not get into zealotry.


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