Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: [Alsa-devel] OSS driver removal, 2nd round | | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | | Date | Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:34:45 +0200 |
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On Fri, 2006-06-30 at 17:29 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > On Fri, 2006-06-30 at 18:31 +0200, Olivier Galibert wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 05:13:02PM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > > > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > >- ALSA #1735 (OSS emulation 4-channel mode rear channels not working) > > > > > > As the MAINTAINER of EMU10K1, I am happy for EMU10K1 driver to be > > > removed from the kernel. > > > > > > ALSA #1735 is now closed. All the apps the user was trying also support > > > ALSA natively now, so OSS is not needed. > > > > Are you joking ? > > > > Even if you reject this argument, the bug is in ALSA's in-kernel OSS > emulation, not the emu10k1 driver. > > As sound hardware gets dumber and cheaper, kernel OSS emulation will > become increasingly useless. The cheap onboard devices (and even mid > range stuff like the SBLive! 24 bit) require sample rate conversion, > mixing, and even volume control to be handled in software. ALSA's > in-kernel OSS emulation does not have these features and never will. > > (I wish the authors of Skype, Flash, TeamSpeak, Enemy Territory, and > other proprietary OSS-only apps would understand this ;-)
maybe it's time to start printing a warning to users of OSS api (rate limited etc etc)
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