On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 02:43:19PM +0100, TD - Sales International Holland B.V. wrote:
> 1. Why aren't your drivers in the kernel if the aim is to surpass OSS? That 
> would mean your drivers are better and it's 'stupid' to put lesser drivers in 
> a kernel if you ask me......

Because we've had a feature freeze for linux-2.4 for about one and a
half year. ALSA will go into the kernel in linux-2.5.

> 2. I'm downloading the package now because my soundcard (vt8233 integrated in 
> my Via southbridge) isn't supported by the kernel. However I use linux on a 
> lot of systems. On my other systems the soundcards are supported by the 
> kernel. Now, would you people suggest I ditch the kernel drivers and install 
> yours? If so, would you mind explaining why? (What advantages would I get by 
> doing so).

That's a management question. If you want all your machines to be the
same, go for the ALSA drivers. If you don't care: never change a
winning team.


Erik

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