On 07.16, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Mer, 2003-07-16 at 21:13, Michael Kristensen wrote:
> > Apropos emu10k1. Why is OSS deprecated? I have tried a little to get
> > ALSA working, but it doesn't seem to work. Hint?
>
> ALSA has a lot more functionality than OSS and the API is better in many
> ways. The ALSA drivers dont have so much use and exposure so they will
> need time to shake down, but it should be worth it in the end.
>
What I do not understand is why alsa has not gone into 2.4.
This will smooth transition to 2.6. Same as i2c. People starts using
alsa, then they switch to 2.6 and everything works.
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