From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964966AbWAMPYW (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:24:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964974AbWAMPYW (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:24:22 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:22540 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S964966AbWAMPYV (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:24:21 -0500 Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:24:21 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Muli Ben-Yehuda Cc: Lee Revell , Jon Mason , Jiri Slaby , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Prevent trident driver from grabbing pcnet32 hardware Message-ID: <20060113152421.GP29663@stusta.de> References: <20060112175051.GA17539@us.ibm.com> <43C6ADDE.5060904@liberouter.org> <20060112200735.GD5399@granada.merseine.nu> <20060112214719.GE17539@us.ibm.com> <20060112220039.GX29663@stusta.de> <1137105731.2370.94.camel@mindpipe> <20060113113756.GL5399@granada.merseine.nu> <20060113122358.GH29663@stusta.de> <20060113123215.GQ5399@granada.merseine.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060113123215.GQ5399@granada.merseine.nu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 02:32:15PM +0200, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: > On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 01:23:58PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > In my experience with scheduling OSS drivers for removal, users simply > > use the OSS drivers unless you tell them very explicitely that the OSS > > driver will go. > > If the OSS drivers satisfy them, what's wrong with it? >... There are two drivers, each with it's own features and bugs. Either the ALSA driver is better in any respect making the OSS driver simply obsolete, or there are problems in the ALSA driver that should be reported and fixed. Removing the OSS driver forces users to report the problems with the ALSA driver making the latter better for everyone. > Cheers, > Muli 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