From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joern Nettingsmeier Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 08:20:10 +0000 Subject: Re: Status of ALi5451(trident)? Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org Neale Banks wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Joern Nettingsmeier wrote: > > > check on www.alsa-project.org, and ask on the alsa-user list. iirc, it's > > supported. > > Are you suggesting that the current drivers in 2.2 and 2.4 kernels (OSS?) > aren't worth using? > > That is, that I should just give up on those and use ALSA? basically, yes. the oss drivers are probably perfectly ok, but the whole alsa architecture is superior to oss, although more complex. if you just need simple audio playback/recording, oss is fine. for anything more demanding (low-latency operation, multichannel or even full-duplex with some cards), go for alsa. it's going to be "official" soon, it's already in the current development kernel. btw, there is a linux-audio-user list at http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad, in case you have questions concerning which application to choose for a job etc.