Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753310AbXFXWn2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:43:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751226AbXFXWnV (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:43:21 -0400 Received: from dspnet.fr.eu.org ([213.186.44.138]:2305 "EHLO dspnet.fr.eu.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751004AbXFXWnV (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:43:21 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:43:17 +0200 From: Olivier Galibert To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Is it time for remove (crap) ALSA from kernel tree ? Message-ID: <20070624224317.GC93944@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Olivier Galibert , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20070624200837.16e11305@the-village.bc.nu> <20070624215724.025a5de5@the-village.bc.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070624215724.025a5de5@the-village.bc.nu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 931 Lines: 24 On Sun, Jun 24, 2007 at 09:57:24PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > Sory Alan but I don't want philosophical/historical discuss. > > Try to answer on question "ALSA or OSS ?" using *only* technical arguments. > > We dropped OSS for ALSA for technical reasons. Those being that ALSA > - has a better audio API You mean the undocumented, 100% ioctl one? With one ioctl to write interleaved sound, one for non-interleaved sound, in addition to setting interleaved or not in the configuration? I should check one day which one wins. Or the "library"? Don't get me started on this one. I take your word about the fact that the kernel side is better. The userland side, not so much. 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/