At Wed, 9 Oct 2002 12:15:17 +0200, Karsten Wiese wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > so far, all alsa modules use snd_ prefix for each module option. > > iirc, there was a problem regarding namespace at the time of 2.0 > > kernel, and this was some workaround to avoid confliction. > > but 2.2 and later kernels have no such a problem at all. > > > > so, i'd like to ask you how do you think to remove this snd_ prefix. > > of course, there is one and only big problem - compatibility! > > > > > > the questions are > > > > - whether we should really do it or not? is it worthy? > > > leave it like it is. > changing would break lots of users module.conf entries, > which might be the fruits of hours of work.
a convenient method is to check and rewrite /etc/modules.conf automatically when alsa-driver is installed. (btw, in the case of debian, do we need to check another path, too?) i'm not sure whether it's good manner or not, though. Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
