On Tue, 23.09.08 10:54, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski (dominik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > > Do you mean Open Source Software or Open Sound System? In case of OSS, > > > it's realy a shame, because it was (and still is) a great piece of software > > > with nice API and doesn't require any external libraries like ALSA. > > > But you can't compare console/X to OSS/ALSA. The latter provide functionality > > > > I must correct you: the OSS API sucks. And ALSA is certainly a far > > greater piece of software than OSS ever was, and among the reasons is > > precisely the fact that it is a proper library instead of some fucked up kernel > > interface based on ioctls(). > > > > Everyone hates ioctl()s. The kernel people do. The userspace people > > too. An API for application usage that is based around ioctl()s is > > thus mandatorily a big failure. > > The people whose opinion I value disagree. I have no strong opinion > of my own, because I never wrote code to interface with either ALSA > or OSS. Oh my. So you know someone who thinks that ioctl()s are ingenious API design? You probably should choose your friends more carefully, then. ;-) Lennart -- Lennart Poettering Red Hat, Inc. lennart [at] poettering [dot] net ICQ# 11060553 http://0pointer.net/lennart/ GnuPG 0x1A015CC4 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
