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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] sound: make OSS device number claiming optional
    > Not really :)  The soundcore is only for OSS device files.  As long as
    > you use only ALSA-native APIs, you don't need it. But, currently it's
    > loaded and initialized just because of the module dependency. This is
    > no bug but also not an intended feature.

    Sure for the ALSA device node it makes sense because ALSA is the mux for
    it. Fortunately soundcore is tiny anyway.

    > > This makes it worse.
    >
    > Well, the only regression would be the case where you create static
    > /dev/dsp (or else) devices and let auto-loading through sound-slot-*
    > or sound-service-*-* aliases. Of course, this still works if you
    > load soundcore in some way.

    Unless some ugly cuse hack got there first.

    > What I suggested in the above is to cut off an unneeded dependency
    > between soundcore and ALSA-native stuff instead of hacking soundcore.
    > It won't change anything else, so everything else can coexist as
    > before.

    Agreed - but that is really a separate issue to having something break
    the soundcore by being rude.

    Alan


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