Re: [Jack-Devel] Possible removal of deprecated freebob driver?

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DateWed, 21 May 2014 20:08:52 -0400
From Paul Davis <[hidden] at linuxaudiosystems dot com>
ToJonathan Woithe <[hidden] at just42 dot net>
CcJACK <[hidden] at lists dot jackaudio dot org>
In-Reply-ToJonathan Woithe [Jack-Devel] Possible removal of deprecated freebob driver?
Follow-UpTimKa Re: [Jack-Devel] Possible removal of deprecated freebob driver? 
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Jonathan Woithe <[hidden]> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> TimKa's comment in the "Jack netone problem on AM335x-evmsk board" brings
> up
> an interesting question.  Since the firewire backend can do everything the
> old freebob backend ever could plus a lot more, is it time to consider
> removing the freebob backend from jack?  We (FFADO) have not touched
> the freebob code for many years and I don't think the freebob jack backend
> serves any useful purpose anymore.  In fact, it is reasonable to consider
> the freebob backend to be an old version of what is now the firewire
> backend.
>

if the firewire driver supports older BeBob-based devices, I'm all for
removing it.
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