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SubjectRe: [OT] ALSA userspace API complexity
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On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 16:03 +0100, Stefan Smietanowski wrote:
> I can't remember if it was about OSS, ALSA or anything else but I
> believe the conclusion was that sound mixing does NOT belong in the
> kernel and SHOULD be done in userspace.

Well, sound mixing really belongs in hardware, but that seems to be a
lost cause - vendors are way too cheap these days.

I can't believe they managed to hoodwink Windows gamers into accepting a
new generation of sound devices that make the CPU do the work the
hardware used to do...

Lee

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