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

Peter Bortas
2006-01-05T03:03:18Z

On 1/4/06, Stefan Smietanowski <stesmi@stesmi.com> wrote:

> So if I buy $COMMERCIAL_PROGRAM for say Solaris, AIX or anything else
> it REQUIRES me to download (before: buy) $COMMERCIAL_SOUNDSYSTEM?
>
> "In order to use this program you need to have OSS installed."
>
> That sounds insane to say the least.
>
> // Stefan

No. Everything on Solaris uses the Solaris native sound API except for
possibly quick-hack ports of applications from Linux. Doing anything
else would as you say be insane and break things like device
redirection on Sunrays.

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Peter Bortas