Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:22:11 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Is it time for remove (crap) ALSA from kernel tree ? |
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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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