Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal

[Tomasz Torcz]

On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 09:22:58PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> At Tue, 3 Jan 2006 18:03:16 +0100,
> Olivier Galibert wrote:
> > 
> > > This is exactly why the OSS emulation option in ALSA is really a last resort 
> > > and should not be an excuse for people to ignore implementing ALSA support 
> > > directly. More so, it is very good justification for ditching "everything 
> > > OSS" as soon as possible, at least in new software.
> > 
> > Actually the crappy state of OSS emulation is a good reason to ditch
> > ALSA in its current implementation.  As Linus reminded not so long
> > ago, backwards compatibility is extremely important.
> 
> Well, we keep the compatibility exactly -- OSS drivers don't support
> software mixing in the kernel, too :)

 OSS will support software mixing. In kernel. On NetBSD.
http://kerneltrap.org/node/4388

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