Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 7 Dec 2006 08:28:24 -0800 | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Subject | Re: The drivers Kconfig structure: oddities and exceptions |
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On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 04:36:25 -0500 (EST) Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > as a followup to my previous patch (and before i build on top of > that), perhaps someone can clarify some of these bits of curiosity: > > 1) although "Sound" is listed in the Device Drivers menu, its actual > source directory is at the top level of the kernel source tree, and > it's the *only* entry in Device Drivers that requires sourcing from > the top-level directory. any reason for this? it just kind of stands > out as a weird exception to the rule.
sound/ (ALSA) was a replacement for the OSS sound drivers and needed a different directory to live/work in, that's all. They are still Device Drivers. Don't get hung up on where the directory is.
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