Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal (version 2)

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Tue Aug 09 2005 - 12:49:28 EST


On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 01:13:51PM -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 17:32 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > This patch schedules obsolete OSS drivers (with ALSA drivers that
> > support the same hardware) for removal.
> >
> > Scheduling the via82cxxx driver for removal was ACK'ed by Jeff Garzik.
> >
>
> Someone on linux-audio-user just pointed out that the OSS USB audio and
> midi modules were never deprecated, much less scheduled to be removed.
>
> Maybe the best way to deprecate them is to move them to Sound -> OSS,
> that's where they belong anyway.

I'd deprecate them without moving them.

I'll send a patch unless someone tells that any functionality of these
drivers is lacking in ALSA.

> Lee

cu
Adrian

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