From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 20:35:49 +0100
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On Sunday 30 October 2005 19:38, Adrian Bunk wrote:

> ???
> 
> $ ls -la sound/oss/i810_audio.o sound/pci/intel8x0.o
> -rw-rw-r--  1 bunk bunk 38056 2005-10-30 13:43 sound/oss/i810_audio.o
> -rw-rw-r--  1 bunk bunk 34344 2005-10-30 13:44 sound/pci/intel8x0.o
> $ 
> 
> The general decision for the OSS -> ALSA move was long ago.

If you compare the complete size of ALSA+driver vs OSS+driver then
OSS wins easily on the bloat department.

> If you have a real issue with the ALSA driver please submit a proper 
> bug report to the ALSA bug tracking system and tell me the bug number.

Avoiding bloat is a real issue.

-Andi
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