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

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Message-ID: <46841873.7040906@garzik.org>
Date:	Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:22:11 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
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 ?

Rene Herman wrote:
> Anyways, I suspect at least Takashi Iwai would simply say "no" to 
> removing or deprecating the in kernel emulation anyway, although it's 
> not likely to grow features anymore.


Even if he fails to say "no" in such a case, many other people would 
stand up and do so :)  In Linux we generally do not want to remove 
binary userspace interfaces.  Breaking (i.e. changing) the in-kernel API 
is fine, but breaking the userspace ABI is quite another matter.

	Jeff


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