From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rwcrmhc52.attbi.com ([216.148.227.88]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 16zHAd-0004iY-00 for ; Sun, 21 Apr 2002 09:14:23 -0400 Received: from h00e02947db5d.ne.client2.attbi.com ([24.62.33.141]) by rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020421131354.YJYP1901.rwcrmhc52.attbi.com@h00e02947db5d.ne.client2.attbi.com> for ; Sun, 21 Apr 2002 13:13:54 +0000 Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 09:13:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Igor Gueths X-X-Sender: igueths@igueths To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: kernel vs. alsa? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Shaun. But won't the timing issue come into play once it is integrated in the next kernel tree? Unless you compile it as a module, I might be able to see the above problem happening. On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Shaun Oliver wrote: > the reason people like alsa is because alsa is userspace and handles only > sound. > the kernel drivers have to fight fortiming and as a result sometimes place > unecissary load on the system. > hth > > > -- > Shaun > > If little else, the brain is an educational toy. > -- Tom Robbins > EMAIL: shauno@goanna.net.au > ICQ: 76958435 > > > > On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Igor Gueths wrote: > > > Hi all. I am having pretty bad luck getting beta11 of the alsa package to > > work. Beta9 work well with some quirks. I wonder what has so drastically > > changed in beta11 that makes it so much harder to get working? Anyway, my > > question is why does everyone like the alsa drivers better than the oss > > modules? One thing that I've heard is that the oss modules don't use full > > duplex. Is this correct? The only reason why I ask is because I am > > considering switching from alsa to the 2.4.18 sound modules to hopefully > > fix my problem with not being able to play wavs with trplayer. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >