On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 00:42, Jack O'Quin wrote: > Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Anyway if the author does not object, I would be willing to spearhead a > > drive to get this into the kernel. I am sure they will approve as soon > > as 100s linux audio users voice their approval... > > It's fine with me. I agree that it makes sense, but have not been > willing to hassle with the LKML, myself. Several others have > suggested it in the past, but no one was willing to push it through > the process. > OK, great. I might as well do this before I get sick of LKML and unsubscribe ;-). > If you do that, I'll help. I have a version in my CVS working tree > that will build as a kernel patch with the appropriate Kconfig and > Makefile updates. Please copy me on any messages you send to the > LKML, I'm not subscribed. Can you send this to me? I will cc: you and Torben on anything I post. > > Torben was the original author, and I've been developing and > maintaining it since the end of 2003. I doubt he will object, but he > can speak for himself. :-) > OK, since it will have his name on it too, I will see if he has any objections before I post it. > Adding it to the kernel sources would probably make maintenance > easier. Yes, definitely. I see many more controversial, more complex, and less useful features getting added to the kernel all the time, this seems like a no brainer, because every audio user will need it. Once we get this in the kernel it will be a one step process (apply Ingo's patches) to get up and running on 2.6. Lee
