Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:43:17 +0200 | From | Olivier Galibert <> | Subject | Re: Is it time for remove (crap) ALSA from kernel tree ? |
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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.
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