Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Jan 2006 20:37:36 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal |
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On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 08:24:49PM +0100, Olivier Galibert wrote: > On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 05:16:13PM +0000, Alistair John Strachan wrote: > > This argument is basically watered down with devfs, udev, sysfs, etc. which > > all have exactly the same issues. Should a crippled OSS API be the way > > forward for Linux? I think not. > > And they're getting some real backlash because of that now. Hell, > Linus' message was about udev in the first place.
The udev breakages might not have been nice, but OSS/ALSA is a completely different issue:
OSS has been deprecated since ALSA was merged into the Linux kernel _four years ago_.
And I'm only talking about removing drivers _with ALSA drivers for the same hardware available_.
> As for the OSS API being crippled, I'd take the 3 ioctl calls you need > to setup a simple stereo 16bits output with OSS than the 13 ALSA > library calls anyday. Especially with the impressive lack of > documentation you get about what the hell is a period, or what you can > do except aborting when you get an error. >...
For a general OSS<->ALSA discussion, you are five years too late.
> OG.
cu Adrian
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