Messages in this thread | | | From | Zoran Dzelajlija <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal | Date | Wed, 27 Jul 2005 01:38:37 +0200 |
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Zach Brown <zab@zabbo.net> wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > This patch schedules obsolete OSS drivers (with ALSA drivers that > > support the same hardware) for removal.
> > I've Cc'ed the people listed in MAINTAINERS as being responsible for one > > or more of these drivers, and I've also Cc'ed the ALSA people.
> I haven't touched the maestro drivers in so long (for near-total lack of > docs, etc.) that I can't be considered authoritative for approving it's > removal. If people are relying on it I certainly don't know who they > are. In better news, Takashi should now have the pile of maestro > hardware that I used in the first pass to help him maintain the ALSA > driver..
The OSS maestro driver works better on my old Armada E500 laptop. I tried ALSA after switching to 2.6, but the computer hung with 2.6.8.1 or 2.6.10 if I touched the volume buttons. With OSS they just work. The four separate dsp devices also look kind of more useful.
Zoran
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