This patch schedules obsolete OSS drivers (with ALSA drivers that
support the same hardware) for removal.
A rationale of the patch is in
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/11/186
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
---
@Andrew: Please forward this for 2.6.18.
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 7 ++++
sound/oss/Kconfig | 30 +++++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
--- linux-2.6.18-rc1-mm2-full/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt.old 2006-07-15 00:59:49.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.18-rc1-mm2-full/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2006-07-15 01:03:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@
---------------------------
+What: drivers depending on OSS_OBSOLETE_DRIVER
+When: options in 2.6.20, code in 2.6.22
+Why: OSS drivers with ALSA replacements
+Who: Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
+
+---------------------------
+
What: pci_module_init(driver)
When: January 2007
Why: Is replaced by pci_register_driver(pci_driver).
--- linux-2.6.18-rc1-mm2-full/sound/oss/Kconfig.old 2006-07-15 00:56:43.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.18-rc1-mm2-full/sound/oss/Kconfig 2006-07-15 00:59:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -5,6 +5,20 @@
#
# Prompt user for primary drivers.
+config OSS_OBSOLETE_DRIVER
+ bool "Obsolete OSS drivers"
+ depends on SOUND_PRIME
+ help
+ This option enables support for obsolete OSS drivers that
+ are scheduled for removal in the near future since there
+ are ALSA drivers for the same hardware.
+
+ Please contact Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> if you had to
+ say Y here because your soundcard is not properly supported
+ by ALSA.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
config SOUND_BT878
tristate "BT878 audio dma"
depends on SOUND_PRIME && PCI
@@ -23,7 +37,7 @@
config SOUND_EMU10K1
tristate "Creative SBLive! (EMU10K1)"
- depends on SOUND_PRIME && PCI
+ depends on SOUND_PRIME && PCI && OSS_OBSOLETE_DRIVER
---help---
Say Y or M if you have a PCI sound card using the EMU10K1 chipset,
such as the Creative SBLive!, SB PCI512 or Emu-APS.
@@ -49,7 +63,7 @@
config SOUND_FUSION
tristate "Crystal SoundFusion (CS4280/461x)"
- depends on SOUND_PRIME && PCI
+ depends on SOUND_PRIME && PCI && OSS_OBSOLETE_DRIVER
help
This module drives the Crystal SoundFusion devices (CS4280/46xx
series) when wired as native sound drivers with AC97 codecs. If
@@ -440,7 +454,7 @@
config SOUND_AD1816
tristate "AD1816(A) based cards (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL && SOUND_OSS
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL && SOUND_OSS && OSS_OBSOLETE_DRIVER
help
Say M here if you have a sound card based on the Analog Devices
AD1816(A) chip.
@@ -450,21 +464,21 @@
config SOUND_AD1889
tristate "AD1889 based cards (AD1819 codec) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL && SOUND_OSS && PCI
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL && SOUND_OSS && PCI && OSS_OBSOLETE_DRIVER
help
Say M here if you have a sound card based on the Analog Devices
AD1889 chip.
config SOUND_ADLIB
tristate "Adlib Cards"
- depends on SOUND_OSS
+ depends on SOUND_OSS && OSS_OBSOLETE_DRIVER
help
Includes ASB 64 4D. Information on programming AdLib cards is
available at <http://www.itsnet.com/home/ldragon/Specs/adlib.html>.
config SOUND_ACI_MIXER
tristate "ACI mixer (miroSOUND PCM1-pro/PCM12/PCM20)"
- depends on SOUND_OSS
+ depends on SOUND_OSS && OSS_OBSOLETE_DRIVER
---help---
ACI (Audio Command Interface) is a protocol used to communicate with
the microcontroller on some sound cards produced by miro and
@@ -586,7 +600,7 @@
config SOUND_NM256
tristate "NM256AV/NM256ZX audio support"
- depends on SOUND_OSS
+ depends on SOUND_OSS && OSS_OBSOLETE_DRIVER
help
Say M here to include audio support for the NeoMagic 256AV/256ZX
chipsets. These are the audio chipsets found in the Sony
@@ -706,7 +720,7 @@
config SOUND_OPL3SA2
tristate "Yamaha OPL3-SA2 and SA3 based PnP cards"
- depends on SOUND_OSS
+ depends on SOUND_OSS && OSS_OBSOLETE_DRIVER
help
Say Y or M if you have a card based on one of these Yamaha sound
chipsets or the "SAx", which is actually a SA3. Read
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