Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal

Takashi Iwai
2006-01-03T20:44:49Z

At Tue, 3 Jan 2006 21:37:32 +0100,
Tomasz Torcz wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 09:22:58PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > At Tue, 3 Jan 2006 18:03:16 +0100,
> > Olivier Galibert wrote:
> > >
> > > > This is exactly why the OSS emulation option in ALSA is really a last resort
> > > > and should not be an excuse for people to ignore implementing ALSA support
> > > > directly. More so, it is very good justification for ditching "everything
> > > > OSS" as soon as possible, at least in new software.
> > >
> > > Actually the crappy state of OSS emulation is a good reason to ditch
> > > ALSA in its current implementation. As Linus reminded not so long
> > > ago, backwards compatibility is extremely important.
> >
> > Well, we keep the compatibility exactly -- OSS drivers don't support
> > software mixing in the kernel, too :)
>
> OSS will support software mixing. In kernel. On NetBSD.
> http://kerneltrap.org/node/4388

Why do we need to keep the compatibility with NetBSD?

Takashi