Re: Removal of /proc/asound ?

[Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd-alsa@mega-nerd.com>]

On Mon, 19 May 2003 11:46:55 +0200
Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:

> > If it was a request from the 2.5 kernel people, why is this change impacting
> > people running 2.4 kernels.
> 
> i also thought of this.  in theory, it's not difficult to implement
> the compatible layer.
> 
> meanwhile, it's not too hard to create device files, too.  once if you
> made them, then the system works like before.
> 
> frankly saying, i'm not sure which is the really better way.
> if there are MANY demands on the old way, we'll consider to implement
> it back again (but not appearing in the 2.5 kernel tree :)

There are times when backward compatibility is important and other times
when it is not.

Personally, I quite look forward to using DEVFS and the other 2.5/2.6 
features when I do finally make the switch. Until then, i would like as 
little change as possible.

I therefore strongly urge you to keep 2.4 functionality as it was and feel
free to do whatever is needed for the 2.5/2.6 kernel.

Regards,
Erik
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