Funny.. not that long ago you were saying you'd modularise OSS/Free
if it wasn't for the time issues - so whats the problem ? If its licensing
to release OSS/Free on other platforms (FreeBSD ?) please drop me a mail
> distribution. In practice this means the kernel sound maintainer takes
> diffs between the latest and previous OSS/Free versions and applies them
> to kernel.
I think the current setup slows development of alternative drivers down. I've
already got people fiddling with the drivers now they are more modular.
> I think the above method is the only practical way to let Linux hackers to
> make changes to the sound drivers while still providing compatibility with
> the OSS API.
The API is the important bit.
> So is there anybody willing to start maintaining the linux/drivers/sound
> directory in the above way?
Im planning to clean it up a lot further and make it look more like the
standard Linux device setup in 2.1.x (assuming PP hasn't done it by
the time I sort out 2.0.x). After that - volunteers ?