Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161402AbWASUng (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:43:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161405AbWASUng (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:43:36 -0500 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:58524 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1161402AbWASUnf (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:43:35 -0500 Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] Re: RFC: OSS driver removal, a slightly different approach From: Lee Revell To: Krzysztof Halasa Cc: Adrian Bunk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, perex@suse.cz In-Reply-To: References: <20060119174600.GT19398@stusta.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:43:33 -0500 Message-Id: <1137703413.32195.23.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.5.4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 782 Lines: 21 On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 21:24 +0100, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > Don't you all think a large part (if not most) of the > "ALSA-unsupported" > cards is no longed in any (Linux-related) use? I wouldn't be surprised > if they just don't exist anymore. Who is to write drivers for them and > - > more importantly - who can test them? Yes, it would require a collector of ancient sound hardware... do you know anyone like that? Even the NeoMagic 256 which is a Pentium II era device and was in widespread use we cannot find a tester for. 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/