Re: [2.6 patch] the scheduled removal of obsolete OSS drivers

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On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 01:39:14AM -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 12:49 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> >  sound/oss/nm256.h                          |  292 
> >  sound/oss/nm256_audio.c                    | 1709 -----
> >  sound/oss/nm256_coeff.h                    | 4697 ---------------- 
> 
> This driver must not be removed.  The ALSA driver is broken.

thanks for this remark, I'll send an updated patch.

> Here's why:
> 
> On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 13:14 +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: 
> > Unfortunately, it's impossible to fix this without a test hardware.
> > The condition is worst:  No datasheet, a picky chipset, a pure
> > reverse-engineered driver code.
> > 
> > 
> > Takashi
> > 
> 
> See https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=328 for details.

I'll ermove this driver from my list until this bug is resolved.

> Lee

cu
Adrian

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