>>>>> "CJ" == Claude Jones <claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: CJ> What I mean is, will it survive through kernel upgrades and such, CJ> or will it have to be updated each time like kernel-modules are? The nice thing about ALSA exposing it as a sound card that a plain user-space daemon deals with is that you don't have any special add-on kernel drivers to recompile. So unless something breaks in the kernel or they change the API or something, you shouldn't have to worry. - J<