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

Takashi Iwai
2006-01-03T20:22:58Z

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 :)

Takashi