> Jack O'Quin wrote: > > Can someone please explain what terrible problem we're trying to solve > > that justifies introducing *any* breakage at all? > > > ALSA is part of the 2.5 kernel now. It is mainstream Linux software, > > good technology, needed by many users. Isn't it about time to start > > thinking and acting that way?
Takashi Iwai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > this is the very reason why "now" i asked. > since the ALSA is now on the official kernel tree, we must follow to > the standard rules, too. and the snd_ prefix is obviously ugly from > this perspective. > > if we live alone as external, then we don't have to care - we could do > as we like. but the mainstream means that such exception has to be > excluded, too, at least before 2.5 turns into the "real mainstream", > i.e. 2.6 (or 3.0). Are you saying that the "snd_" prefix violates standard Linux kernel rules for device driver options? Did the kernel developers request this change? If so, I withdraw my objection. I thought the change was merely cosmetic. :-) Regards, -- Jack O'Quin Austin, Texas, USA ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
