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2006-01-03 11:49:04

Subject: [2.6 patch] the scheduled removal of obsolete OSS drivers

2006-01-03 12:01:21

by Michal Piotrowski

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Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] the scheduled removal of obsolete OSS drivers

Hi,

On 03/01/06, Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> wrote:
[snip]
> 124 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 90412 deletions(-)
^^^^^^^
Cool :)

Regards,
Michal Piotrowski

PS. Greg's remove-devfs patch is also cool :).

2006-01-03 12:47:19

by Jan Engelhardt

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Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] the scheduled removal of obsolete OSS drivers

>[snip]
>> 124 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 90412 deletions(-)
> ^^^^^^^
> Cool :)

Since when is "-)" cool?

>PS. Greg's remove-devfs patch is also cool :).

Oh yeah. When 2.6.0 got out, the kernel tree was 32475 KB. By 2.6.15, it is
already 38899 KB. Time to get some dust off :D

Jan Engelhardt
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2006-01-03 13:08:04

by Michal Piotrowski

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Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] the scheduled removal of obsolete OSS drivers

Hi,

On 03/01/06, Jan Engelhardt <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >[snip]
> >> 124 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 90412 deletions(-)
> > ^^^^^^^
> > Cool :)
>
> Since when is "-)" cool?
>

...gmail web interface doesn't use fixed size fonts - it's not cool ;).

Regards,
Michal Piotrowski

2006-01-03 18:09:09

by Adrian Bunk

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Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] the scheduled removal of obsolete OSS drivers

To avoid confusion:

This batch of scheduled removals does _not_ include the ICH driver whose
possible removal Andi objected to.

cu
Adrian

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2006-01-03 18:49:21

by Grant Coady

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Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] the scheduled removal of obsolete OSS drivers

On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 12:49:00 +0100, Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> wrote:

>This patch contains the scheduled removal of obsolete OSS drivers with
>ALSA replacements.

G'day Adrian,

patch applies with one small offset after Greg's no devfs patch series
to 2.6.15 ;-)

So I'm running 2.6.15nodevoss on 'sempro' box now.
^^^^^^^^--> no devfs, no oss

Didn't feel a thing.

Grant.

2006-01-05 06:39:19

by Lee Revell

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Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] the scheduled removal of obsolete OSS drivers

On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 12:49 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> sound/oss/nm256.h | 292
> sound/oss/nm256_audio.c | 1709 -----
> sound/oss/nm256_coeff.h | 4697 ----------------

This driver must not be removed. The ALSA driver is broken.

Here's why:

On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 13:14 +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> Unfortunately, it's impossible to fix this without a test hardware.
> The condition is worst: No datasheet, a picky chipset, a pure
> reverse-engineered driver code.
>
>
> Takashi
>

See https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=328 for details.

Lee

2006-01-05 06:40:49

by Lee Revell

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Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] the scheduled removal of obsolete OSS drivers

On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 13:46 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >[snip]
> >> 124 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 90412 deletions(-)
> > ^^^^^^^
> > Cool :)
>
> Since when is "-)" cool?
>
>
> >PS. Greg's remove-devfs patch is also cool :).
>
> Oh yeah. When 2.6.0 got out, the kernel tree was 32475 KB. By 2.6.15, it is
> already 38899 KB. Time to get some dust off :D

Why is this a problem? The 2.6.15 kernel is capable of a lot more than
2.6.0. Of course it's bigger. Unless you have some magic toolchain
that can add features without adding any code.

Lee

2006-01-05 09:54:44

by Adrian Bunk

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Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] the scheduled removal of obsolete OSS drivers

On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 01:39:14AM -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 12:49 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > sound/oss/nm256.h | 292
> > sound/oss/nm256_audio.c | 1709 -----
> > sound/oss/nm256_coeff.h | 4697 ----------------
>
> This driver must not be removed. The ALSA driver is broken.

thanks for this remark, I'll send an updated patch.

> Here's why:
>
> On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 13:14 +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > Unfortunately, it's impossible to fix this without a test hardware.
> > The condition is worst: No datasheet, a picky chipset, a pure
> > reverse-engineered driver code.
> >
> >
> > Takashi
> >
>
> See https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=328 for details.

I'll ermove this driver from my list until this bug is resolved.

> Lee

cu
Adrian

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