I don't like it. In most cases, it would be a needless extra step, andWhy make it a supplementary step ?
could well cause confusion. I think the current ploy of just trying to
get the right default for each piece of hardware is correct.
At the end of the install, there is table with all detected devices and for each one, a configuration button, despite the installer indicates a default setting. It is already the case for the graphics card and the network. For the sound card, you would press "configure", then it would play a song, do you hear it ? "yes" -> let's continue "no" -> it tries the other driver. A user, even newbie, is not dumb, when things are explained the simple way : step 1 : OSS, do you hear sound ? step 2: Alsa : do you hear sound ? I think it is not confusing and on the contrary a good way to deal with particular hardware that could not be tested. And it would not be a supplementary step, just the new feature of the "Configure" button.
Moreover, this could be integrated to soundrake : make it clearer about the two kinds of driver and offer a testing procedure for sound.
Eric
