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| -rw-r--r-- | sound/core/seq/Kconfig | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss.c | 3 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sound/core/seq/Kconfig b/sound/core/seq/Kconfig index e4f58cb985d4..0d606159103e 100644 --- a/sound/core/seq/Kconfig +++ b/sound/core/seq/Kconfig @@ -27,14 +27,17 @@ config SND_SEQ_DUMMY will be called snd-seq-dummy. config SND_SEQUENCER_OSS - tristate "OSS Sequencer API" + tristate "OSS Sequencer API (deprecated)" depends on SND_OSSEMUL select SND_SEQ_MIDI_EVENT help Say Y here to enable OSS sequencer emulation (both /dev/sequencer and /dev/music interfaces). - Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y. + The OSS sequencer API is almost nowhere used, hence this option will + be dropped soon. + Use user-space wrapper (alsa-oss) or CUSE daemon (oss-seq-emu) + instead of the kernel-side emulation. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called snd-seq-oss. diff --git a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss.c b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss.c index 2835576040ed..64a7e62029cc 100644 --- a/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss.c +++ b/sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss.c @@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ static int __init alsa_seq_oss_init(void) { int rc; + pr_warn("seq-oss: kernel OSS sequencer emulation is deprecated\n"); + pr_warn("seq-oss: Use user-space solution (alsa-oss or oss-seq-emu) instead.\n"); + rc = register_device(); if (rc < 0) goto error; |