Re: Is it time for remove (crap) ALSA from kernel tree ?

Rene Herman
2007-06-28T20:06:21Z

On 06/28/2007 08:30 PM, Nix wrote:

> On 25 Jun 2007, Adrian Bunk stated:
>> If people often run into this problem it might make sense to deprecate
>> the in-kernel OSS emulation and point people to the userspace emulation
>> instead?
>
> So now people need to know internal implementation details like if a
> program uses ALSA or OSS interfaces before they know how to *run* it?

Point, but one that does hinge on whether or not you feel you can call using
the ALSA or OSS interface an implementation detail.

ALSA has been the Linux soundsystem for a number of years now and as such,
an application that runs under Linux and produces sound more and more can be
expected to do so using the Linux API. The only reason it _can_ be seen as a
detail is due to the Just Works nature of the OSS emulation but that is
changing due to the software mixing. Binary apps are also moving to ALSA
currently, ie, flash, skype, ...

Anyways, I suspect at least Takashi Iwai would simply say "no" to removing
or deprecating the in kernel emulation anyway, although it's not likely to
grow features anymore.

Rene.