On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 04:36:25 -0500 (EST) Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > as a followup to my previous patch (and before i build on top of > that), perhaps someone can clarify some of these bits of curiosity: > > 1) although "Sound" is listed in the Device Drivers menu, its actual > source directory is at the top level of the kernel source tree, and > it's the *only* entry in Device Drivers that requires sourcing from > the top-level directory. any reason for this? it just kind of stands > out as a weird exception to the rule.
sound/ (ALSA) was a replacement for the OSS sound drivers and needed a different directory to live/work in, that's all. They are still Device Drivers. Don't get hung up on where the directory is. (part 2 omitted) --- ~Randy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
