Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932301AbWAUAad (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:30:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932307AbWAUAad (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:30:33 -0500 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:6339 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932301AbWAUAad (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:30:33 -0500 Subject: Re: RFC: OSS driver removal, a slightly different approach From: Lee Revell To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: Alistair John Strachan , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fr=E9d=E9ric?= "L. W. Meunier" <2@pervalidus.net>, Adrian Bunk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, perrye@linuxmail.org In-Reply-To: References: <20060119174600.GT19398@stusta.de> <1137703548.32195.25.camel@mindpipe> <200601192203.11032.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:30:30 -0500 Message-Id: <1137803431.3241.24.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: 872 Lines: 24 On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 15:19 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >> > Why aren't drivers like SOUND_TVMIXER listed ? That one isn't > >> > in ALSA, but there's a port at > >> > http://www.gilfillan.org/v3tv/ALSA/ . It's now the only I > >> > enable in OSS. > >> > >> Grr... why would someone bother to write a driver then not submit it or > >> even tell the ALSA maintainers? > > Fear of not getting it included? I doubt anyone so thin skinned would make it as far as being able to write a working Linux driver ;-) Anyway, what's to fear? The worst that will happen is that the kernel maintainers will request some changes. 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/