linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] SOUND: kill gameport bits

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Date:	Wed, 20 Aug 2014 09:33:29 +0200
From:	Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@...e.cz>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] SOUND: kill gameport bits

Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Gameport support hasn't been working well ever since cpufreq became
> mainstream

Back in the gameport-mainstream days, we did not have a usable high-
resolution timer API.  But why can't we use something like
getrawmonotonic() now?  (Yes, I'm volunteering ...)

> and it becomes increasingly hard to find hardware and software that
> would run on such old hardware.

I have two such sound cards, and a joystick.


Regards,
Clemens
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