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[PATCH] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal, 3rd round

Schedule obsolete OSS drivers (with ALSA drivers that support the same
hardware) for removal.

A rationale of the patch is in
  http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/18/305

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Acked-By: Thomas Sailer <sailer@ife.ee.ethz.ch>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Adrian Bunk 18 years ago
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3 changed files with 23 additions and 2 deletions
  1. 7 0
      Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
  2. 15 1
      sound/oss/Kconfig
  3. 1 1
      sound/oss/dmasound/Kconfig

+ 7 - 0
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

@@ -215,6 +215,13 @@ Who:	Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>,
 
 ---------------------------
 
+What:  drivers depending on OBSOLETE_OSS
+When:  options in 2.6.22, code in 2.6.24
+Why:   OSS drivers with ALSA replacements
+Who:   Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:	IPv4 only connection tracking/NAT/helpers
 When:	2.6.22
 Why:	The new layer 3 independant connection tracking replaces the old

+ 15 - 1
sound/oss/Kconfig

@@ -5,6 +5,20 @@
 #
 # Prompt user for primary drivers.
 
+config OBSOLETE_OSS
+	bool "Obsolete OSS drivers"
+	depends on SOUND_PRIME
+	help
+	  This option enables support for obsolete OSS drivers that
+	  are scheduled for removal in the near future since there
+	  are ALSA drivers for the same hardware.
+
+	  Please contact Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> if you had to
+	  say Y here because your soundcard is not properly supported
+	  by ALSA.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config SOUND_BT878
 	tristate "BT878 audio dma"
 	depends on SOUND_PRIME && PCI
@@ -33,7 +47,7 @@ config SOUND_BCM_CS4297A
 
 config SOUND_ES1371
 	tristate "Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI 97 (ES1371)"
-	depends on SOUND_PRIME && PCI
+	depends on SOUND_PRIME && PCI && OBSOLETE_OSS
 	help
 	  Say Y or M if you have a PCI sound card utilizing the Ensoniq
 	  ES1371 chipset, such as Ensoniq's AudioPCI97. To find out if

+ 1 - 1
sound/oss/dmasound/Kconfig

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ config DMASOUND_ATARI
 
 config DMASOUND_PMAC
 	tristate "PowerMac DMA sound support"
-	depends on PPC32 && PPC_PMAC && SOUND && I2C
+	depends on PPC32 && PPC_PMAC && SOUND && I2C && OBSOLETE_OSS
  	select DMASOUND
 	help
 	  If you want to use the internal audio of your PowerMac in Linux,