Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 03 Jan 2006 21:44:49 +0100 | From | Takashi Iwai <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal |
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At Tue, 3 Jan 2006 21:37:32 +0100, Tomasz Torcz wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 09:22:58PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > At Tue, 3 Jan 2006 18:03:16 +0100, > > Olivier Galibert wrote: > > > > > > > This is exactly why the OSS emulation option in ALSA is really a last resort > > > > and should not be an excuse for people to ignore implementing ALSA support > > > > directly. More so, it is very good justification for ditching "everything > > > > OSS" as soon as possible, at least in new software. > > > > > > Actually the crappy state of OSS emulation is a good reason to ditch > > > ALSA in its current implementation. As Linus reminded not so long > > > ago, backwards compatibility is extremely important. > > > > Well, we keep the compatibility exactly -- OSS drivers don't support > > software mixing in the kernel, too :) > > OSS will support software mixing. In kernel. On NetBSD. > http://kerneltrap.org/node/4388
Why do we need to keep the compatibility with NetBSD?
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