[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH 1/5] ao_alsa: remove mmap support

Clemens Ladisch cl at cl.domainfactory-kunde.de
Fri Feb 3 19:26:28 CET 2006


Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 09:14:32AM +0100, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> > This patch removes mmap support because it doesn't have any
> > benefit.
>
> Well, at least normally our CVS policy forbids removing features...

Well, I didn't want to leave broken code it, and fixing it would
have required to duplicate most of the other code.

> > +    if (ao_mmap)
> > +      mp_msg(MSGT_AO,MSGL_WARN,"alsa-init: mmap option is
> > obsolete and has no effect");
>
> IMHO, just remove the suboption instead.

I didn't want to break compatibility with old config files.

> > -static int play_normal(void* data, int len)
> > +static int play(void* data, int len, int flags)
>
> These (and I think another one I somehow missed) are cosmetics,
> please make sure that code you didn't change doesn't appear in the
> diff. If the end result really looks too ugly it can still be fixed
> afterwards.

OK, I could split it into two patches ...


Clemens




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