[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 45/46] Remove AUDIO_DRIVERS define

[malc <av1474@comtv.ru>]

On Sun, 26 Jul 2009, Jan Kiszka wrote:

> Avi Kivity wrote:

[..snip..]

> > 
> > Yes, that is better.  Decouple the goodness from the driver, and allow
> > the user to override it.
> > 
> >> BTW, I still wonder why we have OSS and only OSS as the default driver
> >> list under Linux. Most distros I came across kicked it out or pushed it
> >> to the end of their list (as it requires exclusive access). Would be a
> >> chance to improve the default. At least we should extend the list by all
> >> available drivers.
> >>
> >>    
> > 
> > I have some secondhand memories of pulse and alsa generating very bad
> > output.
> > 
> 
> I have fresh memories that pulse still suffers on my Suse while alsa
> works smoothly (and that with default settings since malc's last major
> fixes).

Please note that pulseaudio driver is such a hack it's not even funny,
i've spent about 10x more time trying to install the thing than
actually writing the code and then, after confirming that something is
beeping, i removed pulseaudio vowing never to touch it with a ten foot
pole again.

Someone, who cares, should probably write something more decent.

> 
> Fedora prefers pulse over alsa today (but keeps
> OSS in the list). Suse only provides alsa for qemu-0.10. Ubuntu keeps
> OSS as #1, but at least adds alsa and pulse to the list.
> 
> Jan
> 
> 

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