Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] VIDEO_SAA7134_ALSA shouldn't select SND_PCM_OSS | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:14:05 -0500 |
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On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 05:06 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > There's no reason for an ALSA driver to select an OSS legacy userspace > interface.
Actually there is a reason. While OSS may be deprecated the OSS API is not - ALSA is committed to supporting it for the forseeable future. And as broken an interface as it is, a lot of people consider the sound system broken if you can't just write() to /dev/dsp and have sound come out.
Lee
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