[parisc-linux] Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal

[Olivier Galibert]

On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 08:37:36PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> The udev breakages might not have been nice, but OSS/ALSA is a 
> completely different issue:
> 
> OSS has been deprecated since ALSA was merged into the Linux kernel 
> _four years ago_.

OSS _drivers_ yes, OSS _api_ no.


> And I'm only talking about removing drivers _with ALSA drivers for the 
> same hardware available_.

Sure, and I have no problem with that.  OTOH you'll notice that this
particular subthread was specifically about the OSS api, not the
drivers.


> For a general OSS<->ALSA discussion, you are five years too late.

I couldn't predict 5 years ago that the ALSA API quality would be
somewhat lacking.

  OG.