Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932518AbWACUgm (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jan 2006 15:36:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932385AbWACUgm (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jan 2006 15:36:42 -0500 Received: from 6.143.111.62.revers.nsm.pl ([62.111.143.6]:47765 "HELO matthew.ogrody.nsm.pl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932518AbWACUgl (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jan 2006 15:36:41 -0500 Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 21:37:32 +0100 From: Tomasz Torcz To: Takashi Iwai Cc: Olivier Galibert , Alistair John Strachan , Jan Engelhardt , Andi Kleen , 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 Message-ID: <20060103203732.GF5262@irc.pl> Mail-Followup-To: Takashi Iwai , Olivier Galibert , Alistair John Strachan , Jan Engelhardt , Andi Kleen , 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 References: <20050726150837.GT3160@stusta.de> <200601031522.06898.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> <20060103160502.GB5262@irc.pl> <200601031629.21765.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> <20060103170316.GA12249@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="zGQnqpIoxlsbsOfg" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1733 Lines: 52 --zGQnqpIoxlsbsOfg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 09:22:58PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: > At Tue, 3 Jan 2006 18:03:16 +0100, > Olivier Galibert wrote: > >=20 > > > This is exactly why the OSS emulation option in ALSA is really a last= resort=20 > > > and should not be an excuse for people to ignore implementing ALSA su= pport=20 > > > directly. More so, it is very good justification for ditching "everyt= hing=20 > > > OSS" as soon as possible, at least in new software. > >=20 > > Actually the crappy state of OSS emulation is a good reason to ditch > > ALSA in its current implementation. As Linus reminded not so long > > ago, backwards compatibility is extremely important. >=20 > Well, we keep the compatibility exactly -- OSS drivers don't support > software mixing in the kernel, too :) OSS will support software mixing. In kernel. On NetBSD. http://kerneltrap.org/node/4388 --=20 Tomasz Torcz There exists no separation between gods and men: zdzichu@irc.-nie.spam-.pl one blends softly casual into the other. --zGQnqpIoxlsbsOfg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: gpg --search-keys Tomasz Torcz iD8DBQFDuuCMThhlKowQALQRArEuAKDZGR44MESsWO2j2dgexAY00l4rOwCg6mmj ibATWhDjfL4MCZgCXI59rSA= =RmBW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zGQnqpIoxlsbsOfg-- - 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/