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From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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Subject: Re: Problem with my Wincast, fxtv
To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 13:21:30 +0200 (MET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <199708170956.TAA04178@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Aug 17, 97 07:25:58 pm
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> Amancio Hasty stands accused of saying:
> > 
> > Next release of the sound driver will not use isa_dmastatus from isa.c
> > rather I will duplicate the functionality in the sound driver.
> 
> Am I the only person that thinks that this is unbelievably stupid?
> 
> All of a sudden, the sound drivers are the only kernel subsystem that
> need PnP support, and now ISA DMA support too?  Please spare a few
> seconds thought for the integrity of the system as a whole, rather
> than as a vehicle for your pet projects...

I think amancio has to fight with backward compatibility, that's
why he wants to ship a standalone driver (guspnpXX.tgz) with all the
pieces he needs. BUt of course, in the long term, Mike is right.

	Cheers
	Luigi