On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 10:29:05PM -0400, Pat Suwalski wrote:
> Werner Almesberger wrote:
> >So you're claiming that users will find it more difficult to add
> >one line to rc.local than upgrading their kernel ?
>
> No.
>
> I believe he is saying that ever since 1984 and the Mac Plus, it has
> been expected that sound works right away without adding any lines anywhere.
>
> I have not seen a computer in the last year and a half that has not had
> either onboard sound or a card. It is very standard hardware these days.
> Therefore, your soundcard should work just like your keyboard does. You
> do not have to add any lines to any rc script to get the keyboard
> working, do you? Sound should not have to be any different, in an ideal
> world.
Sound may be a standard feature, but it does not get driven by a
standard interface like PS2 or HID keyboards do. It's also not as
straight forward as "sound or no sound". There's many different levels
of sound hardware, from the 2-channel basic stereo, to the 6-way Dolby
Digital 5.1.
Whether or not a line is needed in an rc script is really a shortcoming
of userspace, IMO. It's the responsibility of userspace to setup the
user's environment in the most friendly way.
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