RE: [gentoo-catalyst] alsa in livecd stage1

> That is not the recommended way from the developers.

Funny it's listed as the preferred method in the Alsa documentation in
the Gentoo Docs, "Use ALSA provided by your kernel. This is the
preferred/recommended method." 

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Gianelloni [mailto:wolf31o2@g.o]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 1:27 PM
> To: gentoo-catalyst@l.g.o
> Subject: RE: [gentoo-catalyst] alsa in livecd stage1
>
> On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 08:29 -0500, Kessler, Paul wrote:
> > Setting up Alsa in the kernel is the recommended way of doing things
> > actually, it really does involve less work. By using the alsa-driver
>
> That is not the recommended way from the developers.
>
> > package you will need to re-emerge the alsa-driver anytime you
recompile
> > your kernel. The only real advantage to using the driver package is
>
> I don't expect people to be recompiling a kernel on a LiveCD... ;]
>
> > newer drivers, personally I prefer the much more stable and tested
> > drivers that are built into the kernel for stability. After trying
both
>
> The in-kernel drivers usually have fewer features, and have been known
> to have bugs in them that were fixed in the alsa-driver package.
>
> > methods with my live cd adding the kernel options just plain worked
> > better for me while using gnome. I can't speak for KDE, although I
am
> > getting curious and maybe today I kick off an build using that just
to
> > see what happens. Good Luck!
>
> All official Gentoo media uses alsa-driver.
>
> --
> Chris Gianelloni
> Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
> x86 Architecture Team
> Games - Developer
> Gentoo Linux

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