Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752300AbWAEXdZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2006 18:33:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752306AbWAEXdZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2006 18:33:25 -0500 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:6614 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752300AbWAEXdS (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jan 2006 18:33:18 -0500 Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal From: Lee Revell To: Hannu Savolainen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: 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> <20060103203732.GF5262@irc.pl> <9a8748490601031256x916bddav794fecdcf263fb55@mail.gmail.com> <20060103215654.GH3831@stusta.de> <9a8748490601031411p17d4417fyffbfee00ca85ac82@mail.gmail.com> <0D76E9E1-7FB0-41FD-8FAC-E4B3C6E9C902@dalecki.de> <1136486021.31583.26.camel@mindpipe> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 18:33:16 -0500 Message-Id: <1136503996.847.85.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: 1044 Lines: 26 On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 01:19 +0200, Hannu Savolainen wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Lee Revell wrote: > > > On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 13:44 +0100, Marcin Dalecki wrote: > > > Second - you still didn't explain why this allows you to conclude > > > that sound mixing should in no way be done inside the kernel. > > > > It works perfectly right now in userspace. Therefore it should not be > > in the kernel. > So all the complaints about dmix problems in the ALSA mailing lists are > just exceptions that prove the above statement to be true. No, it just means ALSA like the kernel is a work in progress. Anyway almost all the known issues have been fixed. It works perfectly for the vast majority of users. Are all the Oopses posted to LKML evidence that the kernel is fundamentally broken? 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/