From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Jan 21 17: 4:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (whizzo.TransSys.COM [144.202.42.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C56B37B400; Sun, 21 Jan 2001 17:04:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (localhost.transsys.com [127.0.0.1]) by whizzo.transsys.com (8.11.1/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f0M142O04580; Sun, 21 Jan 2001 20:04:02 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Message-Id: <200101220104.f0M142O04580@whizzo.transsys.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Kris Kennaway Cc: Cameron Grant , arch@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Image-URL: http://www.transsys.com/louie/images/louie-mail.jpg From: "Louis A. Mamakos" Subject: Re: newpcm/kobj MFC References: <003401c0833c$39ac3f40$1004020a@darkstar> <20010121153904.B74751@citusc17.usc.edu> In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 21 Jan 2001 15:39:04 PST." <20010121153904.B74751@citusc17.usc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 20:04:02 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 11:53:45PM -0000, Cameron Grant wrote: > > this is a followup to my proposal some weeks ago which recieved no relevant > > commentary. > > I'm also concerned about breaking binary compatibility. I understand > your reasons for wanting this, but we really shouldn't be breaking > binary compatibility in -stable. If we keep doing this then no third > party vendor is going to want to support drivers that they have to > update every few months. My concern as a "user" is that we continue to have maintained sound drivers in RELENG_4. My impression is that it will be a while before CURRENT is working well enough for the great unwashed masses to use, perhaps longer than usual for a new major version release. It would be useful perhaps to gauge the actual impact of this incompatability (how many people are using 3rd party sound driver?) before making a decision. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message