From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750725AbWATIV6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:21:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750726AbWATIV6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:21:58 -0500 Received: from ip213-185-39-113.laajakaista.mtv3.fi ([213.185.39.113]:60315 "HELO dag.newtech.fi") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750725AbWATIV5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:21:57 -0500 Message-ID: <20060120082155.24254.qmail@dag.newtech.fi> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-0.27 To: Lee Revell cc: Krzysztof Halasa , Adrian Bunk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, perex@suse.cz, dag@newtech.fi Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] Re: RFC: OSS driver removal, a slightly different approach In-Reply-To: Message from Lee Revell of "Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:43:33 EST." <1137703413.32195.23.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:21:55 +0200 From: Dag Nygren Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 21:24 +0100, Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > > Don't you all think a large part (if not most) of the > > "ALSA-unsupported" > > cards is no longed in any (Linux-related) use? I wouldn't be surprised > > if they just don't exist anymore. Who is to write drivers for them and > > - > > more importantly - who can test them? > > Yes, it would require a collector of ancient sound hardware... do you > know anyone like that? > > Even the NeoMagic 256 which is a Pentium II era device and was in > widespread use we cannot find a tester for. I could do that, my boy is still playing tuxpaint and other stuff on my old laptop with such a chip. BRGDS Dag