Bug 106041 - Opensound driver and alsa
Summary: Opensound driver and alsa
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Kernel (show other bugs)
Version: Beta 2
Hardware: i386 Other
: P5 - None : Normal
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Assignee: Hubert Mantel
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Reported: 2005-08-21 10:29 UTC by Forgotten User 1-yzHWP3HO
Modified: 2005-08-22 13:57 UTC (History)
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Description Forgotten User 1-yzHWP3HO 2005-08-21 10:29:17 UTC 
the integration of opensound is somewhat clumsy and difficult.

If you deselect the builtin sound of the kernel (alsa) you will have some
warnings  when you build/installthe kernel modules.

Also, if ALSA is not taken out of the kernel and you deselect ALSA, it still
will kick in everytime, even if opensound is being used.

This is a problem that's bein avaiable since the inclusion of ALSA.

The major reason to use Opensound over ALSA is that it performs bettrer, has a
wider support for hardware and does things you cannot do with ALSA.

Each new kernel installation now, needs a rebuild of the kernel which takes
quite some time.
Comment 1 Takashi Iwai 2005-08-22 09:54:52 UTC 
You don't have to rebuild kernel at all.
If you don't need ALSA, simply tune modprobe.conf & co.
As the last resort, you can remove module files, too.
Comment 4 Olaf Kirch 2005-08-22 13:57:55 UTC 
Based on Takashi's feedback in comment #1, integrating alternative sound 
drivers should be feasible. I don't think we are going to expend more 
effort on this.