Also sprach Hannu Savolainen:
> On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Kurt Wall wrote:
>
> > The original question I asked was simply if MPEG support had ever been added
> > to the <linux/soundcard.h>, as some of the declarations therein seemed to
> > suggest that such support would be added. I didn't ask for a lecture on
> > whether or not it is appropriate to add such to the kernel
> The define for MPEG audio was added there for cards with hardware MPEG
> audio capability. At that time (good old 486 days) software MPEG in kernel
> simply was not possible. The definition was added just for future
> purposes.
Well, da man hisself, he done said it. Thread closed. :-)
Kurt
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