[aclug-L] Re: OSS license/crack?

[gLaNDix <kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ALSA supports quite a few  cards...  probably just as many as OSS...  my
AudioPCI is supported much better by ALSA than by the kernel sound
support...

In fact, there has just been an ALSA Development Team named to get the
API done and start work so it can be easily incorperated into the linux
kernel...  the deadlines they gave were much sooner than the original 2.5
devel goals they had...

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On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Dale W Hodge wrote:

> >
> > heck, just use ALSA instead...  they are great, and are OpenSource!  : ^ )
> > (www.alsa-project.org)...  and will soon be integrated into the kernel as
> > the main snd drivers...
> 
> FWIW, ALSA no longer supports the 2.0 series kernel, and since Alan Cox is
> handling the OSS drivers with support from RedHat, I'm don't see ALSA being
> included in the kernel anytime soon. ALSA's FAQ states it may be included in
> the 2.5 development series, but is still a ways off.
> 
> I think it really depends on your sound card and kernel version. The 2.2.x
> kernel handles sound much easier than the 2.0.x series.  Whether you use the
> kernel OSS drivers or ALSA will depend on what sound card chipset you have.
> Some cards are better supported in ALSA, others in OSS.
> 
> --dwh
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