Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754502AbXFYNVU (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:21:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754592AbXFYNUw (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:20:52 -0400 Received: from dspnet.fr.eu.org ([213.186.44.138]:3772 "EHLO dspnet.fr.eu.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754565AbXFYNUv (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:20:51 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:20:48 +0200 From: Olivier Galibert To: Takashi Iwai Cc: Tomasz K?oczko , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Is it time for remove (crap) ALSA from kernel tree ? Message-ID: <20070625132048.GA55182@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Olivier Galibert , Takashi Iwai , Tomasz K?oczko , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20070624200837.16e11305@the-village.bc.nu> <20070624215724.025a5de5@the-village.bc.nu> <20070625124442.GA44019@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 883 Lines: 23 On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 02:58:02PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote: > Hm... I don't agree much with the virtual relay device solution. > I once experimentally implemented an ALSA-OSS virtual kernel driver. > But, it just gives more complexity. So instead you move the complexity in the library where it is worse. > Yes, the library solution has merits and demerits. The library should > have been differently designed. But, I don't think the virtual relay > is the best solution just because you can use a bare kernel > interface... Whatever you do in the library won't solve the problem of properly supporting the OSS interface. 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/