From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: thomas schorpp Subject: Re: CMI8768 patch, softvol mixer slider Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:40:40 +0100 Message-ID: <42178828.2020002@gmx.de> References: <92C0412E07F63549B2A2F2345D3DB515F7D63F@cm-msg-02.cmedia.com.tw> <4216EE28.6040702@gmx.de> <1108799809.9005.3.camel@krustophenia.net> Reply-To: t.schorpp@gmx.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <1108799809.9005.3.camel@krustophenia.net> Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Lee Revell Cc: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Lee Revell wrote: > On Sat, 2005-02-19 at 08:43 +0100, thomas schorpp wrote: > >>hmm, if read the docs right its userspace. >> >>how about getting it in the kernel and calling it snd_x_csoftmix ? > > > Why? It works fine in userspace. surely. > The whole point of alsa-lib is to get > things like software volume control and mixing and sample rate > conversion that don't need to be in the kernel out of the kernel. who decides on "need"? 1. sw engineering reuseability: would you provide a base class without a generalizable feature requiring every subclass implementing it? wheres the need for specialization here? 2. the linux audio developers: "guys, theres no pcm master to access with the alsa driver on some cards on the mixers. everone of us must implement it now in our apps, what a hell work." 3. audio professionals and simple end user "guys, i heard therere some great apps like ardour and multi-channel realtime audio available on linux at low cost. lets go and save much costs, buy this great suse and have fun. ... eh? wheres the pcm slider i have with windows gone? they cant even provide that? ... so the other apps cant be much. lets boot windows again and forget this suse..." 4. the linux kernel developers? > > Lee > > tom ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click