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

Alistair John Strachan
2006-01-03T16:29:21Z

On Tuesday 03 January 2006 16:05, Tomasz Torcz wrote:
[snip]
> >
> > [alistair] 15:20 [~/Music/Led Zeppelin - I] ogg123 -q --device=oss 01\ -\
> > Good\ Times\ Bad\ Times.ogg
> > Error: Cannot open device oss.
>
> Proper way (using userspace OSS emulation):
> aoss ogg123 -q --device=oss [...]

I'm aware of this.

This has nothing to do with the kernel option CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL which Jan
referred to, and to which I was responding. "aoss" is also not compatible
with every conceivable program.

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.

--
Cheers,
Alistair.

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