Re: [PATCH] remove unused funcion proc_mknod

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com)
Mon, 05 May 2003 16:45:28 -0400


Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Jaroslav, can we just drop that junk or is it still used by userland.
> And if yes how long will it take to get an alsa-libs release out to
> not rely on it?

Not commenting on this issue specifically, but in general, alsa-lib can
be used to mitigate the effect of kernel changes on userland.

This was a big selling point for ALSA, back when we were trying to
decide what to do about OSS.

Jeff

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