From: Takashi Oe <toe@unlserve.unl.edu>
To: Iain Sandoe <iain@sandoe.co.uk>, <linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.1p4 : dmasound ed21- Pismo byte-swap
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 21:05:25 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <B68D0B14.5857%toe@unlserve.unl.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010119022903.3D8D02F01D@apollo.valhalla.net>
On 1/18/01 8:30 PM, Iain Sandoe wrote:
> my only justification is a case of expediency:
>
> many apps ; one driver ; very, very few linux ppc audio developers.
Do you have any hard number? How many *popular* apps does the pismo change
break? I don't there are so many linux audio apps to begin with.
> If and when ALSA is accepted into linux we can/will throw this current
> driver away. If it is built as a module - it has no lasting impact on the
> kernel.
I think ALSA will be in, but do you know for sure OSS will go away?
Besides, people will be using 2.4 for a long time, and I don't think OSS
will go away from 2.4 ever.
Takashi Oe
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-01-19 3:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-19 2:30 [PATCH] 2.4.1p4 : dmasound ed21- Pismo byte-swap Iain Sandoe
2001-01-19 3:05 ` Takashi Oe [this message]
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2001-01-19 10:04 Iain Sandoe
2001-01-19 4:11 Iain Sandoe
2001-01-19 5:21 ` Takashi Oe
2001-01-19 1:47 Iain Sandoe
2001-01-19 2:03 ` Takashi Oe
2001-01-19 0:04 Iain Sandoe
2001-01-19 0:51 ` Takashi Oe
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