> On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Paul Davis wrote: > > > >I monitor creative drivers, and they have not any extra features > > >(except missing an user space linker for FX8010 DSP - different design of > > >microcode maintaince). ALSA offers the wavetable synthesis for EMU10K1 for > > >months, while the creative driver offers only PCM & mixer capabilities. > > > > so do you feel absolutely comfortable in asserting that for all the > > hardware that both OSS and ALSA support, ALSA's support is more or > > less as good as the OSS code? > > Well, because the userbase is different, ALSA probably has not the code > tested so much. Although, we do some syncing with the OSS code, it's > difficult to track all OSS changes. > > > i just worry that people who don't want to see this change will argue > > that ALSA must get all of its low level drivers into the "as good or > > better than" state first before the merge with the kernel tree occurs > > ... > > I think, that we have sufficient count of good or very good drivers and > debugged framework to start with. More wide audience by other sound > driver developers causes that the code will be continuously improved. > > Jaroslav
Well, for what it's worth, I've used a total of three sound cards under Alsa and OSS (both the commercial drivers and kernel drivers). With my SoundBlaster Live!, the Alsa drivers are, without a doubt, the best. I also have a EnsoniquePCI (es1371) which performs better under Alsa than OSS. Currently, however, my Hoontech Digital-XG (yamaha-754 chip) seems to be better supported under OSS than Alsa. Both the FM synth and the rear and front channels are supported. Under Alsa, the FM synth is unsupported, and though both the rear and front PCM work, they don't currently work with the OSS emulation. I see this as an area that needs to be worked on before Alsa can become the standard sound system under Linux, unfortunately. The OSS sound system will still have a firm grasp for years to come, so even if the Alsa support for a card is 100%, the OSS emulation needs to be complete as well. Having said that, I'd be more than willing to look into supporting the front and rear PCM with the OSS emulation, but my programming experience with sound drivers, is fairly limited. Can anyone offer suggestions or pointers on this? Adam _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
