Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751428AbWACOH2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jan 2006 09:07:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751426AbWACOH1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jan 2006 09:07:27 -0500 Received: from warden-p.diginsite.com ([208.29.163.248]:52693 "HELO warden.diginsite.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751422AbWACOH0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jan 2006 09:07:26 -0500 Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 05:58:23 -0800 (PST) From: David Lang X-X-Sender: dlang@dlang.diginsite.com To: Andi Kleen cc: Alistair John Strachan , Adrian Bunk , perex@suse.cz, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, James@superbug.demon.co.uk, sailer@ife.ee.ethz.ch, linux-sound@vger.kernel.org, zab@zabbo.net, kyle@parisc-linux.org, parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org, jgarzik@pobox.com, Thorsten Knabe , zwane@commfireservices.com, zaitcev@yahoo.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal In-Reply-To: <200601031452.10855.ak@suse.de> Message-ID: References: <20050726150837.GT3160@stusta.de> <200601031347.19328.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> <200601031452.10855.ak@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1126 Lines: 26 On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, Andi Kleen wrote: >> Even if Adrian's not trying to make this point (he's just removing duplicate >> drivers, and opting for the newer ones), we accepted ALSA into the kernel. >> It's probably about time we let OSS die properly, for sanity purposes. > > Avoiding bloat is more important. given that the ALSA drivers are not going to be removed, isn't it bloat to have two drivers for the same card? yes, an individual compiled kernel may be slightly smaller by continueing to support the OSS driver, but the source (and the maintinance) are significantly worse by haveing two drivers instead of just one. David Lang -- There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. -- C.A.R. Hoare - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/