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Le Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:22:22 +0200, |
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"Ioannis Aslanidis" <aslanidis@×××××.com> a écrit : |
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> On 3/28/07, Jakub Moc <jakub@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Josh Saddler napsal(a): |
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> > > I completely disagree with your assessment of the in-kernel hda-intel |
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> > > state. My workstation uses one of those (labelled nVidia MCP 55, for the |
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> > > curious), and my experiences with in-kernel ALSA have been nothing but |
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> > > positive with the intel audio, whether compiled or as modules. |
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> > I could say the same about your assessment of the in-kernel hda-intel |
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> > drivers, as could many other users... Same for via82xx - never had much |
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> > luck with the in-kernel drivers, plus upgrading the whole kernel over |
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> > and over again just to test whether something got fixed is a major PITA. |
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> > |
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> > As said, these are two different branches, what works for somebody |
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> > doesn't need to work for someone else. |
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> > |
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> I'm afraid I experiment the same issues. For my hda-intel, in-kernel |
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> drivers do not work, at least for now. |
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> Maybe we could find a way to integrate (see replace) the in-kernel |
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> alsa version with the portage one. |
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All the new features are incorporated first in the alsa-driver. It implies at it |
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will make no difference for peoples using old hardwares. But for peoples using |
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new hardwares, or wanting to have new features such as volume control in dB with |
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some hardwares, they have no other choice as to use the alsa-driver package. |
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Also bug fixes come first in alsa-driver from Alsa, and only later in the |
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in-kernel driver. |
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As I see it, It is necessary to support the in-kernel driver as it come with |
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every kernel, but it is also necessary to support alsa-driver because some |
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users not only want it, but they need it to get alsa to work well with their |
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hardware. |
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And I don't think at replacing the in-kernel driver by the alsa-driver will |
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implies less work. It will be more work for the maintainers of the kernel's |
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ebuilds. It is also much simpler to upgrade the alsa-* packages to get a new |
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alsa version as to upgrade the whole kernel. |
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Ciao, |
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Dominique |
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