Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752063AbWAEGjT (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2006 01:39:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752067AbWAEGjT (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2006 01:39:19 -0500 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:61893 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752065AbWAEGjS (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2006 01:39:18 -0500 Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] the scheduled removal of obsolete OSS drivers From: Lee Revell To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20060103114900.GA3831@stusta.de> References: <20060103114900.GA3831@stusta.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 01:39:14 -0500 Message-Id: <1136443154.24475.2.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.5.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 885 Lines: 27 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 - 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/