[Voyage-linux] Please include M2Tech hiFace USB to SPDIF converter driver

[Punky Tse]

Hi,

While it is technically possible to include the hiface driver to Voyage 
MPD, I prefer to not do so.

For out-of-tree kernel driver like this one, it will get unmaintained 
and be incompatible when the times goes by, after new Linux kernel is 
released.  If I include this driver now, it is a short term solution to 
satisfy user's need and is not sustainable.  It also gives false 
perception to users that the driver will be supported by Voyage MPD 
forever.

My recommendation to this is to ask the driver author to contact ALSA 
community to include his work to ALSA and Linux kernel ASAP. Then the 
driver would get long term support automatically.  When Voyage MPD get 
updated to a newer kernel (as always be), the driver will be included 
automatically.

Regards,
Punky


On 11/30/2012 1:59 PM, 이용훈 wrote:
> I need that Voyage MPD supports the M2Tech hiFace USB to SPDIF converter
>
> Many hiFace user use Voyage Mpd
>
> Please include M2Tech hiFace USB to SPDIF converter driver to Voyage Mpd
>
> Here is driver source
>
>   https://github.com/panicking/snd-usb-asyncaudio/wiki
>
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Regards,
Kim-man "Punky" Tse

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