From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271556AbTGQSYE (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:24:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271563AbTGQSYE (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:24:04 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:62676 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S271556AbTGQSXq (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:23:46 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 20:38:32 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: "J.A. Magallon" Cc: Alan Cox , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.0-test1-ac2 Message-ID: <20030717183832.GF1407@fs.tum.de> References: <200307161816.h6GIGKH09243@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20030716201339.GA618@sokrates> <1058392329.7677.1.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030716233359.GE7263@werewolf.able.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030716233359.GE7263@werewolf.able.es> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed