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From: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds)
Subject: Re: 2.5.14+ ALSA OSS emulation
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 17:59:29 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <m179bTr-0005khC@gherkin.frus.com>,
Bob_Tracy <rct@gherkin.frus.com> wrote:
>In the 2.5.14 patchset, the following change was made in
>linux/sound/core/Config.in:
>
>-bool '  OSS API emulation' CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL $CONFIG_SND
>+dep_bool '  OSS API emulation' CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL $CONFIG_SND
>
>This breaks the OSS API emulation for people building their ALSA sound
>drivers as modules (CONFIG_SND == "m").  The following patch applied
>against the 2.5.16 kernel accomplishes what I think the author intended:

Good catch.

However, the simpler fix is to use "dep_mbool", which exists exactly for
this reason. 

		Linus