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From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Subject: snd_ prefix for module options
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 16:04:42 +0200
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Hi,

so far, all alsa modules use snd_ prefix for each module option.
iirc, there was a problem regarding namespace at the time of 2.0
kernel, and this was some workaround to avoid confliction.
but 2.2 and later kernels have no such a problem at all.

so, i'd like to ask you how do you think to remove this snd_ prefix.
of course, there is one and only big problem - compatibility!


the questions are

- whether we should really do it or not?  is it worthy?

and

- when? now or after 0.9.0-final release?


opinions, please?


Takashi


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