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

Tomasz Torcz
2006-01-03T22:13:14Z

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On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 10:56:54PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > > > 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?
> > >
> > Software mixing is a really nice feature for people with soundscards
> > that can't do hardware mixing, so if the OSS compatibility could
> > transparently do software mixing for apps using OSS api that would be
> > a very nice extension for a lot of people - I'd say that if NetBSD do
> > that they've got the right idea.
>
> The OSS compatibility in ALSA is only a legacy API for applications not
> yet converted to use the ALSA API.

OSS is universal cross-unix API. ALSA is Linux-only.

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