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On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 14:28 -0400, Stephen P. Becker wrote: |
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> The problem is that *all* mips-sources ebuilds do not provide alsa. |
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> Only the mips-sources-2.6.* versions do this, and then only if |
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> USE="ip30" (Octane users). |
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This makes sense, although not the USE flag. |
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> I'm just worried about folks running 2.4 systems (only Indys at this |
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> point) with mips-sources "providing" alsa, but not really. This could |
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> get even more tricky because I happen to know somebody is working on an |
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> alsa driver for Indy, and it will be for 2.6 only. We're trying really |
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> hard to get everything to where we can just get rid of 2.4, but until |
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> that time, setting the virtual to mips-sources is technically broken. |
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Of course, 2.4 kernels are technically broken because they dont support |
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alsa, and this is fixed in other profiles with the inclusion of a 2.4 |
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(or 2.6) sub profile. However.. if nothing actually works with alsa, |
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then I dont see the problem in that case of making the profile default |
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mips-sources. if it happens to install 2.4 sources, then so be it. it |
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might be a technically incorrect provide.. but nothing else can fill it |
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any better. At least at this moment in time. |
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If it were me, thats what I would do. But of course, this change doesn't |
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really make any difference to mips one way or the other. |
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