From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 21:05:25 -0600 Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.4.1p4 : dmasound ed21- Pismo byte-swap From: Takashi Oe To: Iain Sandoe , Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20010119022903.3D8D02F01D@apollo.valhalla.net> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: 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 ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/