Re: sound drivers in kernel

C S Hendrix (shendrix@escape.widomaker.com)
Fri, 01 Jan 1999 10:27:25 -0500


In message <368C1339.BBC9D864@secnetgroup.com>, John Fulmer writes:

> ALSA configs quite easily (autoprobes many card's
> configurations), and is designed as a modular system like the
> commercial OSS product. It has many features that the OSS
> equivalent does not, and the joystick works just fine :)

It doesn't work for the Gravis PnP. I have to init with commercial
OSS and then load ALSA.

I'd really like to see them support the SB Live card, as I'm looking
for a decent alternative to my ISA bus Gravis card, but few can
match it.

> The only thing missing is /dev/sequencer support, and it's
> comming (.3pre1 was just released and has the first
> /dev/sequencer code). If Perex (ALSA's developer) does the same
> job on it that he did for the Ultrasound project, it should be
> impressive indeed for MIDI.

This is a very important point. I hope they get it right because
that is the main reason I use OSS.

> > Functionality first, nobility second.
> >
>
> ALSA, so far, does both. :)

No, it lacks functionality still. Maybe if it was made the standard
driver it would get more people working on it, I don't know.

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