Thierry Vignaud <tvignaud@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Yes, that's a missing part, so far. > > > > Currently, we keep the backward compatibility as much as possible. > > For example, if a control element is renamed, we keep the old > > entry with "optional true" attribute so that the same config works > > for older version. But, this wouldn't work if the device number > > changes or any other critical change occurs. > > > > The versioned config would be a solution. The question is how to > > take the version number/string. One possible idea is that a card > > provides a read-only control element named "Version" with > > IFACE_CARD. Or simply a new ioctl for this purpose. > > > > Anyway, this implementation should be more discussed on alsa-devel > > ML. > > let's forward it alsa-devel@ ml then. is nobody interested in ensuring compatibility between alsa-lib & alsa-kernel? see linus statements about greg wanted to break compatibility with older udev... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
