Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: sound drivers in kernel | Date | Fri, 01 Jan 1999 10:27:25 -0500 | From | C S Hendrix <> |
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In message <368C1339.BBC9D864@secnetgroup.com>, John Fulmer writes:
> ALSA configs quite easily (autoprobes many card's > configurations), and is designed as a modular system like the > commercial OSS product. It has many features that the OSS > equivalent does not, and the joystick works just fine :)
It doesn't work for the Gravis PnP. I have to init with commercial OSS and then load ALSA.
I'd really like to see them support the SB Live card, as I'm looking for a decent alternative to my ISA bus Gravis card, but few can match it.
> The only thing missing is /dev/sequencer support, and it's > comming (.3pre1 was just released and has the first > /dev/sequencer code). If Perex (ALSA's developer) does the same > job on it that he did for the Ultrasound project, it should be > impressive indeed for MIDI.
This is a very important point. I hope they get it right because that is the main reason I use OSS.
> > Functionality first, nobility second. > > > > ALSA, so far, does both. :)
No, it lacks functionality still. Maybe if it was made the standard driver it would get more people working on it, I don't know.
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