From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030404AbWGHVb1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Jul 2006 17:31:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030405AbWGHVb1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Jul 2006 17:31:27 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:8886 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030404AbWGHVb0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Jul 2006 17:31:26 -0400 Subject: Re: [Suspend2-devel] Re: uswsusp history lesson From: Alan Cox To: Olivier Galibert Cc: Arjan van de Ven , Bojan Smojver , Jan Rychter , Pavel Machek , Avuton Olrich , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, suspend2-devel@lists.suspend2.net, grundig , Nigel Cunningham In-Reply-To: <20060708174928.GC36499@dspnet.fr.eu.org> References: <20060627133321.GB3019@elf.ucw.cz> <20060707215656.GA30353@dspnet.fr.eu.org> <20060707232523.GC1746@elf.ucw.cz> <200607080933.12372.ncunningham@linuxmail.org> <20060708002826.GD1700@elf.ucw.cz> <1152353698.2555.11.camel@coyote.rexursive.com> <1152355318.3120.26.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20060708164312.GA36499@dspnet.fr.eu.org> <1152377246.3120.65.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20060708174928.GC36499@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:46:29 +0100 Message-Id: <1152395189.27368.40.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 (2.6.2-1.fc5.5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ar Sad, 2006-07-08 am 19:49 +0200, ysgrifennodd Olivier Galibert: > If the gpl-ification of the full OSS system had happened much earlier, > ALSA would have been crushed under its own weight by now. The "free" OSS was superior to the proprietary one in pretty much every respect by the time ALSA had really got beyond being a neat alternative driver for a couple of chips. So no I don't think so. ALSA still needs more dieting but the OSS API really didnt do the job.