Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] ALSA vs OSS/free
From: David Olofson (david_AT_gardena.net)
Date: Sun Mar 10 2002 - 20:14:47 EET
On Sunday 10 March 2002 03.46, Dan Hollis wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, Ivica Bukvic wrote:
> > It is no rocket science to figure out that Alsa is the way to go,
> > and I am all for it. But one thing I do not comprehend is why is
> > the user-space driver better than the kernel space one?
>
> It is simply 100,000,000 times more flexible than a kernel space
> solution.
>
> Also, heavy calculations can be done in userspace for e.g. complex
> mixing, format, and rate conversions. Kernelspace is the worst
> possible place you can ever do that.
YES, right on! Too many drivers doing too much of that is the basic
reason why a lowlatency patch was needed in the first place.
//David
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