Re: OSS vs ALSA war :-)

[Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>]

On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 13:07, GCZ wrote:
> Lee Revell wrote:
> 
> > No, this is why ALSA provides OSS emulation, so every legacy app doesn't
> > have to be recoded.  For gaming you should use the closed-source Nvidia
> > drivers and ALSA's OSS emulation.  I don't think anyone can make a
> 
> Which doesn't work on my setup. I posted a message on alsa-user I think, 
> and I don't remember exactly what error message I got, but I think it 
> had something to do with mmap. Nobody replied to my message. At one 
> point, going through so many documents, ML posts, Q&A's, trial and error 
> steps just to make it work isn't worth it, if no improvement comes out 
> of it. If Takashi is indeed interested in my feedback, at least it will 
> be productive.
> 

OK, I will check the archives.  The ALSA guys are very busy, you might
have to make a little noise or even be a bit inflammatory to get your
bug addressed.  For example, track down the general area of the bug
using some printk's, then post a completely botched fix to the mailing
list.  Preferably something that compiles and looks like it's working. 
This will often get you a hint as to what the real problem is, then
maybe someone less skilled can fix it. ;-)  I have fixed a few bugs in
the driver for my soundcard, Jaroslav and Takashi will help you, and
tell you if you are completely off base.  I encourage you to ask your
favorite distro vendor to hire some ALSA developers, because all but two
or three are working for free.

> I'm glad to read that. Let's not get into zealotry.
> 

Sorry, should have left that off...

Lee




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