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 :)
Takashi
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