Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161138AbWAHCDp (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jan 2006 21:03:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161136AbWAHCDp (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jan 2006 21:03:45 -0500 Received: from dspnet.fr.eu.org ([213.186.44.138]:4104 "EHLO dspnet.fr.eu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161135AbWAHCDo (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jan 2006 21:03:44 -0500 Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 03:03:35 +0100 From: Olivier Galibert To: Takashi Iwai Cc: ALSA development , linux-sound@vger.kernel.org, LKML Subject: Re: [OT] ALSA userspace API complexity Message-ID: <20060108020335.GA26114@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Olivier Galibert , Takashi Iwai , ALSA development , linux-sound@vger.kernel.org, LKML References: <20060104030034.6b780485.zaitcev@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 753 Lines: 20 On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 03:32:27PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: > Yes, it's a known problem to be fixed. But, it's no excuse to do > _everything_ in the kernel (which OSS requires). OSS does not require to do anything in the kernel except an entry point. > And if the application doesn't support, who and where converts it? > With OSS API, it's a job of the kernel. Once again no. Nothing prevents the kernel to forward the data to userland daemons depending on a userspace-uploaded configuration. OG. - 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/