Re: 2.6 sound drivers?

Jeff Garzik
2003-07-16T23:24:24Z

Robert L. Harris wrote:
>
> I have a soundblaster Live. I've historically used the OSS drivers as
> they've worked well for me. I just tried to load the emu10k1 which
> loads without error, but mpg123 says it can't open the default sound
> device.

I am biased, but, it would be nice for people to start testing the
"official" 2.6 sound drivers, ALSA. The ALSA API has many benefits over
OSS, but needs wide-spread testing and validation.

Jeff, who is long tired of hacking on OSS drivers :)