Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: PATCH: AC97 updates from 2.4 | From | Liam Girdwood <> | Date | 11 Jul 2003 21:26:47 +0100 |
| |
On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 19:47, Jeff Garzik wrote: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 07:09:35PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > This deals with several things > > - Codecs that think they are modems but are not > > - Abstracting modem detection out of drivers > > - Abstracting digital switching out of drivers > > - Codecs that have no volume control > > - Codec plugins for specific setups > > - Codec plugins for things like touchscreen/batmon on AC97 > > - More codec handlers > > > > The plugin API is intentionally modelled on the other driver_register > > type interfaces. > > Adding another relevant point: > Only weirdos like me use the old OSS drivers, so this patch does not > affect the current (rather than deprecated) audio drivers. >
I would eventually like to see something similar to this in ALSA.
I wrote the touchscreen driver plugin and an ALSA AC97 plugin API will probably be needed before this time next year to keep Linux up to date in the PDA/Tablet/Portable space. Eventually we may need an I2S and/or Azalia (next gen audio) API layer for such devices.
I intend to speak to the ALSA guys as soon as the OSS plugin driver has stabilised.
Cheers
Liam
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |