Ok, this is a bit late, but hopefully not too late. :) On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, Joern Nettingsmeier wrote: >>> other people might propose XML. then it becomes to a question whether >> I think that XML is too overkill for our purposes. > otoh, the embedded guys will probably not like it, but then memory is > becoming cheaper by the minute, and its additional size will be a moot > point in the very near future.
This is a dangerous argument. While it's that true memory and cpu power are becoming cheaper and cheaper all the time, minimizing resource usage is still as important as ever. With big volume products, small things make a big difference in the overall picture (i.e. which products survive in the market). Saving an extra 100kB can make a huge difference if it allows you to use a smaller flash chip on your device. This doesn't mean ALSA should not take advantage of any additional libraries, but these additions should not create new dependendencies to the core system. In other words you should be able to build a compact version of ALSA user-space libs and tools, and one that is cross-compiler friendly. Otherwise people will be tempted to use OSS or write their own drivers. Already alsa-lib has some features that are not so good from embedded perspective: - not a small lib; with default settings around 0.5MB; this is an extra 0.5MB compared to just using OSS where there is no lib - use of more advanced c-lib features such as dynamic loading (dlopen(), etc); these can cause problems if you try to use libasound with other c-libs than glibc ... but, but, of course libasound also provides lots of great functionality, so it's still a good alternative. And also, app developers can always manually scale down the libasound build, or even write their apps to directly communicate with ALSA's kernel interface. But if using ALSA becomes too difficult, embedded-linux community will default to OSS and/or custom solutions, which I think is a bad thing... (at least I'd like to run ALSA apps on Linux PDAs and who-knows-what other gadgets that might be released in the future). -- http://www.eca.cx Audio software for Linux! ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100006ave/direct;at.asp_061203_01/01 _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
