linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] sound: Disable the build of OSS drivers

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdU9v4GX5ujgsrZCzarvG2j-=pF7_4pywUxaBY6mZwnOgA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 12 May 2017 09:04:18 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Cc:     ALSA Development Mailing List <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sound: Disable the build of OSS drivers

Hi Iwai-san,

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 10:58 PM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de> wrote:
> OSS drivers are left as badly unmaintained, and now we're facing a
> problem to clean up the hackish set_fs() usage in their codes.  Since
> most of drivers have been covered by ALSA, and the others are dead old
> and inactive, let's leave them RIP.
>
> This patch is the first step: disable the build of OSS drivers.
> We'll eventually drop the whole codes and clean up later.
>
> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>

> --- a/sound/Kconfig
> +++ b/sound/Kconfig
> @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ config SOUND_OSS_CORE_PRECLAIM
>
>           If unsure, say Y.
>
> -source "sound/oss/dmasound/Kconfig"
> +# source "sound/oss/dmasound/Kconfig"

Please note the dmasound drivers do not have ALSA equivalents.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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