From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>,
alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, perex@suse.cz,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: OSS driver removal, 2nd round (v2)
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 21:30:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44AF0AC7.30204@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <p737j2potzr.fsf@verdi.suse.de>
Andi Kleen wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> writes:
>> Q: What about the OSS emulation in ALSA?
>> A: The OSS emulation in ALSA is not affected by my patches
>> (and it's not in any way scheduled for removal).
>
> I again object to removing the old ICH sound driver.
> It does the same as the Alsa driver in much less code and is ideal
> for generic monolithic kernels
Well, consensus seems to be with ALSA, OSS API is dated for modern uses,
old ICH driver doesn't use the HD audio found on modern chips, and
nobody is eagerly stepping forward to maintain the driver.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-08 1:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-07 23:17 OSS driver removal, 2nd round (v2) Adrian Bunk
2006-07-07 23:50 ` Andi Kleen
2006-07-08 0:00 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-07-08 0:00 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-07-08 1:30 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2006-07-08 1:30 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-07-09 15:18 ` Lee Revell
2006-07-09 15:18 ` [Alsa-devel] " Lee Revell
2006-07-09 16:08 ` Olivier Galibert
2006-07-09 16:08 ` Olivier Galibert
2006-07-10 11:28 ` Adam Tlałka
2006-07-10 11:28 ` [Alsa-devel] " Adam Tlałka
2006-07-10 13:18 ` James Courtier-Dutton
2006-07-10 13:18 ` [Alsa-devel] " James Courtier-Dutton
2006-07-10 13:57 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-07-10 13:57 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-07-10 22:48 ` Lee Revell
2006-07-10 22:48 ` [Alsa-devel] " Lee Revell
2006-07-10 23:38 ` Adam Tlałka
2006-07-10 23:38 ` [Alsa-devel] " Adam Tlałka
2006-07-10 23:51 ` Cloning sound output [was Re: [Alsa-devel] OSS driver removal, 2nd round (v2)] J.A. Magallón
2006-07-10 23:51 ` OSS driver removal, 2nd round (v2) Lee Revell
2006-07-10 23:51 ` [Alsa-devel] " Lee Revell
2006-07-10 23:59 ` Olivier Galibert
2006-07-10 23:59 ` [Alsa-devel] " Olivier Galibert
2006-07-11 0:39 ` Lee Revell
2006-07-11 0:39 ` [Alsa-devel] " Lee Revell
2006-07-11 6:59 ` Adam Tlałka
2006-07-11 6:59 ` [Alsa-devel] " Adam Tlałka
2006-07-11 7:02 ` Andi Kleen
2006-07-11 7:02 ` [Alsa-devel] " Andi Kleen
2006-07-11 7:58 ` Jaroslav Kysela
2006-07-11 7:58 ` [Alsa-devel] " Jaroslav Kysela
2006-07-11 9:08 ` Adam Tlałka
2006-07-11 9:08 ` [Alsa-devel] " Adam Tlałka
2006-07-11 9:52 ` Jaroslav Kysela
2006-07-11 9:52 ` [Alsa-devel] " Jaroslav Kysela
2006-07-11 11:18 ` Diego Calleja
2006-07-11 11:18 ` [Alsa-devel] " Diego Calleja
2006-07-11 11:29 ` Adam Tlałka
2006-07-11 11:29 ` [Alsa-devel] " Adam Tlałka
2006-07-11 10:28 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-07-11 10:28 ` [Alsa-devel] " Adrian Bunk
2006-07-11 2:09 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-07-11 2:09 ` [Alsa-devel] " Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-07-11 6:15 ` Adam Tlałka
2006-07-11 6:15 ` [Alsa-devel] " Adam Tlałka
2006-07-11 14:30 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-07-11 14:30 ` [Alsa-devel] " Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-07-11 16:57 ` Lee Revell
2006-07-11 16:57 ` [Alsa-devel] " Lee Revell
2006-07-11 22:31 ` Adam Tlałka
2006-07-11 22:31 ` [Alsa-devel] " Adam Tlałka
2006-07-12 0:58 ` Lee Revell
2006-07-07 23:50 ` Andi Kleen
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2006-07-07 23:17 Adrian Bunk
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