linux-kernel - Re: Is it time for remove (crap) ALSA from kernel tree ?

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:20:45 -0400
From:	"Lee Revell" <rlrevell@...-job.com>
To:	"Rene Herman" <rene.herman@...il.com>
Cc:	Nix <nix@...eri.org.uk>, "Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...sta.de>,
	"Olivier Galibert" <galibert@...ox.com>,
	"Takashi Iwai" <tiwai@...e.de>,
	"Tomasz K?oczko" <kloczek@...y.mif.pg.gda.pl>,
	"Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is it time for remove (crap) ALSA from kernel tree ?

On 6/28/07, Rene Herman <rene.herman@...il.com> wrote:
> ALSA has been the Linux soundsystem for a number of years now and as such,
> an application that runs under Linux and produces sound more and more can be
> expected to do so using the Linux API. The only reason it _can_ be seen as a
> detail is due to the Just Works nature of the OSS emulation but that is
> changing due to the software mixing. Binary apps are also moving to ALSA
> currently, ie, flash, skype, ...

If your disto ships with any OSS apps using the in-kernel emulation
you should file a bug report, as it results in bizarre and undesirable
behavior - a single app opening /dev/dsp will block audio for every
other app (OSS or ALSA) on the vast majority of hardware out there.

Lee
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