Re: Kernel OSS vs ALSA

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 15 Oct 1999 19:18:57 +0100 (BST)


> - What about statically linked binaries?

If they are statically linked to glibc ask the vendor to provide you with it
as an object module to relink. (See the LGPL)

> - How easily can esd be retrofitted to multiplex to multiple users?

esd already mixes and multiplexes. Thats why ever gnome app can go ping and
boing at the same time.

> Yes, all this stuff could be done by retrofitting esd. But that forces
> people to run one particular daemon, rather than having an interface for

esd is a protocol and a daemon.

> daemons, and allowing developers to just send their stuff to /dev/audio
> without a second thought. In my particular situation, I don't really want
> to run esd--I'd rather have a lightweight, custom program that does _only_
> what I need it to do.

I don't follow you. How can you multiplex audio with other people if you only
want to do the bits you need. What about the bits _THEY_ need.

> - Framebuffer forwarding. Another thing I'd like in an X-terminal
> environment. A device manager could sit there translating
> framebuffer data to X protocol as it comes in, allowing people to
> run svga programs over the network (and on the same machine, in
> X)

Fix svgalib to do X11. Solving the problem is a lot more efficient than
handling the mess if you dont.

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