Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Jan 2006 22:40:18 +0100 | From | Olivier Galibert <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal |
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On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 08:37:36PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > The udev breakages might not have been nice, but OSS/ALSA is a > completely different issue: > > OSS has been deprecated since ALSA was merged into the Linux kernel > _four years ago_.
OSS _drivers_ yes, OSS _api_ no.
> And I'm only talking about removing drivers _with ALSA drivers for the > same hardware available_.
Sure, and I have no problem with that. OTOH you'll notice that this particular subthread was specifically about the OSS api, not the drivers.
> For a general OSS<->ALSA discussion, you are five years too late.
I couldn't predict 5 years ago that the ALSA API quality would be somewhat lacking.
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