[link|http://www.alsa-project.org/|ALSA] is the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture, an all-in-one audio driver for Linux, similar in concept to SDD's all-in-one video driver for OS/2.

As mentioned in my prior [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=12497|Warpstock Report], Oliver Stein(IBM Germany) did a presentation on forthcoming device drivers, one of which is an OS/2 port of ALSA.