Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 16:59:10 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Howard Lew <digital@www2.shoppersnet.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>, tg@ihf.rwth-aachen.de, mark@vmunix.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PNP and new Sound code ? Message-ID: <199710220729.QAA01849@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Oct 1997 00:25:59 MST." <Pine.BSF.3.91.971022001901.27885A-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com>
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> > I think the original question was about the new sound code in 2.2-stable > or 2.2.5... Not current. Very good. Now, I replied that it wasn't in 2.2, and that was a damn good thing because your next statement is wrong: > Gee, I wish it would have made it in because it > sure appears rock solid stable. Only a) it's not, and b) it is not backwards compatible. Making a change like this in what is meant to be a stability-oriented release would be completely stupid. > Oh well, I guess some of us audio folks > will have to patch the new 2.2.5 to get working sound then because the > standard sound driver does not work right or at all with most pnp sound > cards. bummer. :( 2.2.6 maybe? Great, so you have a working soundcard driver that is ABI-incompatible with most of the applications out there. Great. mike
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