FW: Kernel OSS vs ALSA
Michael Cummins (mjcumm@isa.mim.com.au)
Fri, 15 Oct 1999 14:23:15 +1000
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Hollis [mailto:goemon@sasami.anime.net]
> Sent: Friday, 15 October 1999 14:11
> To: Michael Cummins
> Subject: RE: Kernel OSS vs ALSA
>
>
> > On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Michael Cummins wrote:
> > New sound cards hitting the market today seem to be getting more
> > feature-packed all the time. Which would say to me that
> > the API is going to be huge.
>
> The ALSA API isn't huge. Its open-ended.
>
> Big difference.
Whoops. O.K. Wrong word. Maybe I meant more features larger??
>
> > The sound system must be extremely flexible, and have a wide-range
> > of abilities, which means complexity. You can have one
> without the other
> > really.
>
> Not necessarily. Open ended doesn't mean complex.
Yeah, it depends on elegance of design doesn't it?
Which harks back to common sense approach. If its extremely unlikely that
multiple users will use /dev/dsp at the same time, why include protection
for it and sacrifice an elegant design?
Michael
>
> -Dan
>
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