clue, meet literfizzer [LWN.net]

clue, meet literfizzer

Posted Sep 22, 2008 7:10 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: clue, meet literfizzer by elanthis
Parent article: LPC: Linux audio: it's a mess

Glitch-free for *everyone*, except those for whom PA refuses to talk to
ALSA (*waves*) or refuses to use the high-def timers that definitely exist
(*waves*).

I really must diagnose this, but trying to find bugs in ALSA's kernel
component is like trying to shovel sewage with a toothbrush. Its
kernel/user interfaces are horrible (and most of both components is
entirely undocumented as far as I can tell: I still have no clue what the
Lisp interpreter is doing in there, for instance. Maybe the docs are just
hiding. Maybe they appeared since the last time I looked at this a couple
of months ago. But, y'know, life's too short: PA mostly works for me now,
and hardly ever glitches even with glitch-free mostly turned off by the
enforced usage of the OSS compatibility layer.)

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