From bunk@stusta.de Sun Aug 14 14:31:37 2005 Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 13:00:58 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> To: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Cc: NAGANO Daisuke <breeze.nagano@nifty.ne.jp>, <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, <sailer@ife.ee.ethz.ch>, <perex@suse.cz>, <James@superbug.demon.co.uk>, <zab@zabbo.net>, <kyle@parisc-linux.org>, <jgarzik@pobox.com>, Thorsten Knabe <linux@thorsten-knabe.de>, <zaitcev@yahoo.com>, Christoph Eckert <ce@christeck.de> Subject: USB: schedule OSS USB drivers for removal Message-ID: <20050814110058.GD8393@stusta.de> Deprecate the OSS USB drivers. This patch includes spelling fixes by Lee Revell. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> --- drivers/usb/class/Kconfig | 21 ++++++++++++++++++--- 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- gregkh-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/class/Kconfig 2005-08-15 17:50:07.000000000 -0700 +++ gregkh-2.6/drivers/usb/class/Kconfig 2005-08-15 17:50:18.000000000 -0700 @@ -4,9 +4,22 @@ comment "USB Device Class drivers" depends on USB +config OBSOLETE_OSS_USB_DRIVER + bool "Obsolete OSS USB drivers" + depends on USB && SOUND + help + This option enables support for the obsolete USB Audio and Midi + drivers that are scheduled for removal in the near future since + there are ALSA drivers for the same hardware. + + Please contact Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> if you had to + say Y here because of missing support in the ALSA drivers. + + If unsure, say N. + config USB_AUDIO tristate "USB Audio support" - depends on USB && SOUND + depends on USB && SOUND && OBSOLETE_OSS_USB_DRIVER help Say Y here if you want to connect USB audio equipment such as speakers to your computer's USB port. You only need this if you use @@ -40,10 +53,12 @@ config USB_MIDI tristate "USB MIDI support" - depends on USB && SOUND + depends on USB && SOUND && OBSOLETE_OSS_USB_DRIVER ---help--- Say Y here if you want to connect a USB MIDI device to your - computer's USB port. This driver is for devices that comply with + computer's USB port. You only need this if you use the OSS + sound system; USB MIDI devices are supported by ALSA's USB + audio driver. This driver is for devices that comply with 'Universal Serial Bus Device Class Definition for MIDI Device'. The following devices are known to work: