> Don't forget that both opera and opera-flashplugin are in the ports > tree. The new "linux flash" if supported, would probably be used > in a similar fashion (compat et al..) but it uses ALSA. As you know, > ALSA is the (advanced) linux sound architecture. This is a problem that > would consume time for not much gained in return
But getting ALSA working in compat_linux would not only benefit people watching "silly" flash animations--it would presumably be used by other applications, too. The usefulness of OpenBSD's Linux binary emulation is diminished if it does not support a common audio API.
