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From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] ISA Plug & Play support in kernel
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Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 18:31:49 +0000 (GMT)
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> Original E-mail from me speaks about small part of ALSA driver - ISA Plug
> & Play support module which should be included to latest kernels (2.0.x &
> 2.2.x).. I need only known if Alan Cox agree this code and if we can
> hope that it will be included to kernel. Original E-mail is attached..

I think its too late for 2.2.0 - its Linus you need to convince however
not me.

> To integration with 2.2.x soundcore: I'm giving up. If we will use
> soundcore API, then we break kerneld/kmod support in ALSA driver. Looks
> for me unacceptable. Soundcore is lacking one major thing for this
> support: Addressable registration, not dynamic registration which isn't
> useable for kerneld/kmod purposes. I'm sorry.

So you want a 

allocate_mixer_device_n(...) call etc for each of the types. If so I'll 
send Linus a patch for that before 2.2.0. Thats not a problem.

Alan


