From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965418AbXCFRzF (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Mar 2007 12:55:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965417AbXCFRzF (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Mar 2007 12:55:05 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:51523 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965416AbXCFRzD (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Mar 2007 12:55:03 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 18:55:04 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Bill Davidsen Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6.22 patch] the scheduled removal of OBSOLETE_OSS options Message-ID: <20070306175504.GW3441@stusta.de> References: <20070305014956.GE3441@stusta.de> <45EDA8EE.1060308@tmr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45EDA8EE.1060308@tmr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 12:46:22PM -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: > >This patch contains the scheduled removal of the OBSOLETE_OSS options > >for 2.6.22. > > > If these are drivers for which there are thought to be useful ALSA > drivers, would it be reasonable to leave a stub for a help file naming > the driver which claims to support the hardware? > > I'm not objection to the removal of the drivers, just noting that > identifying the new drivers can be made easier. People compiling their own kernels aren't completely dumb - if you know about people having problems finding the right ALSA driver for their hardware, please name the concrete problems so that we can improve the description and/or help text of these ALSA options. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed