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SubjectRe: Linux 2.6.0-test1-ac2
On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 01:33:59AM +0200, J.A. Magallon wrote:
>
> On 07.16, Alan Cox wrote:
> > On Mer, 2003-07-16 at 21:13, Michael Kristensen wrote:
> > > Apropos emu10k1. Why is OSS deprecated? I have tried a little to get
> > > ALSA working, but it doesn't seem to work. Hint?
> >
> > ALSA has a lot more functionality than OSS and the API is better in many
> > ways. The ALSA drivers dont have so much use and exposure so they will
> > need time to shake down, but it should be worth it in the end.
> >
>
> What I do not understand is why alsa has not gone into 2.4.
> This will smooth transition to 2.6. Same as i2c. People starts using
> alsa, then they switch to 2.6 and everything works.

People use OSS in 2.4 and the smooth transition is to continue to use
OSS in 2.6.

cu
Adrian

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