Re: Linux/Pro [was Re: Coding style - a non-issue]

David Weinehall
2001-12-04T14:44:28Z

On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 09:28:49AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 06:31:38AM -0800, M. Edward Borasky wrote:
> > What I'm trying to establish here is that if ALSA is to become the
> > main-stream Linux sound driver set, it's going to need to support --
> > *fully* support -- the top-of-the-line sound cards like my M-Audio
> > Delta 66.
>
> Not really. The number of people who actually care about such cards is
> close to nil. What matters is that the API can cleanly express what
> the Delta66 can do, and that you can write a driver for it under ALSA
> without hacking up the ALSA core.

Indeed. And I'm sure the ALSA-team would be delighted and fully willing
to write a working driver, if mr Borasky donated an M-Audio Delta 66
together with full documentation to them...

/David
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