alsa-oss

[Olivier Galibert]

On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 12:28:54AM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Dennis Jacobfeuerborn (d.jacobfeuerborn at conversis.de) said: 
> > >Realistically, I doubt the OSS api can go away entirely. How it's 
> > >implemented
> > >(userspace, kernelspace, whatever) can be debated, but I think we'll never
> > >get away with removing it entirely.
> > 
> > Why not?
> 
> The kernel still has a.out support (although we may not build it.)
> 
> OSS was the kernel's sound API for roughly 10 years. Even if it is
> deprecated, it's hard to kill something like that.

Especially since it is a quite better userland interface than the ALSA
one for simple uses of sound.  And it's documented, while ALSA's
isn't.

  OG.