linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SOUND-OSS: Remove sh_dac

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Date:	Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:57:37 +0100
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SOUND-OSS: Remove sh_dac_audio

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 01:47:01PM +0200, John Kacur wrote:

> Remove the SH DAC oss driver since there is an equivalent alsa driver.
> oss has been deprecated for years. Furthermore this driver has BKL code
> which we are trying to remove. Rather than attempt to fix this, simply
> remove the driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>

No idea why I was cc'ed as I have no interested in the driver but certainly
support the motivation behind the patch:

Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>

  Ralf
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