%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy: ken $ $Date: 2012-01-23 22:05:41 -0500 (Mon, 23 Jan 2012) $ ALSA Description The Linux kernel now provides ALSA support by default. However, applications need to interface to that capability. The following five sections of the book deal with the five separate components of ALSA: the libraries, the utilities, the tools, the firmware and the OSS compatibility libraries.