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SubjectRe: Is it time for remove (crap) ALSA from kernel tree ?
Rene Herman wrote:
> Anyways, I suspect at least Takashi Iwai would simply say "no" to
> removing or deprecating the in kernel emulation anyway, although it's
> not likely to grow features anymore.


Even if he fails to say "no" in such a case, many other people would
stand up and do so :) In Linux we generally do not want to remove
binary userspace interfaces. Breaking (i.e. changing) the in-kernel API
is fine, but breaking the userspace ABI is quite another matter.

Jeff


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