Re: [ANNOUNCE] OSS Proxy using CUSE

[Posted November 25, 2008 by jake]

From:		Greg KH <greg-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w-AT-public.gmane.org>
To:		Adrian Bunk <bunk-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A-AT-public.gmane.org>
Subject:		Re: [ANNOUNCE] OSS Proxy using CUSE
Date:		Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:18:28 -0700
Message-ID:		<20080828221828.GB2855@kroah.com>
Cc:		Tejun Heo <tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A-AT-public.gmane.org>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai-l3A5Bk7waGM-AT-public.gmane.org>, fuse-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f-AT-public.gmane.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA-AT-public.gmane.org>, Miklos Szeredi <miklos-sUDqSbJrdHQHWmgEVkV9KA-AT-public.gmane.org>
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On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 11:01:20PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 09:05:53PM +0200, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > Hello again,
> > 
> > So, after all the fuss, here's the state-of-the-art standard-compliant
> > cloud-computing web-3.0-beta web page for OSS emulation using CUSE.
> > 
> >   http://userweb.kernel.org/~tj/ossp/
> > 
> > It works pretty well here.  :-)
> 
> Sorry for being destructive, but 6 years after ALSA went into the
> kernel we are slightly approaching the point where all applications 
> support ALSA.
> 
> The application you list on your webpage is UML host sound support,
> and I'm wondering why you don't fix that instead of working on a
> better OSS emulation?

Independant of that, I can see a number of uses for the CUSE code.  One
would be emulating /dev/pilot for old palm pilot software that things it
wants to talk to a serial port, yet really a libusb userspace program
can handle all of the data to the USB device instead.

So don't think that just because this userspace-OSS implementation is
"not what should be done" that CUSE shouldn't be viable.

thanks,

greg k-h

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