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On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 21:13 -0400, Daniel Drake wrote: |
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> I have suggested that herd support for the kernelspace side |
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> (alsa-driver) be slowly reduced |
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No complaints here, FYI never used alsa-driver. I have always compiled |
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it in, because rarely do I change sound cards in a machine. Or have the |
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need to not have sound drivers loaded, or unload them. Try to have as |
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few modules as possible. |
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> alsa-driver won't be going away altogether, as it is still needed for |
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> 2.4 users (but we won't support them forever) and I think it may include |
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> a couple of drivers which aren't yet in the kernel tree. |
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All valid reasons, and of course like other things not in kernel. Not |
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much choice there. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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