Bug#292562: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#292562: alsa-modules-i386: Provide alsa-modules-2.6.8-2-k7

[Sam Morris]

Jordi Mallach wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 09:15:55PM +0000, Sam Morris wrote:
> 
>>Would it be possible to provide alsa-modules-2.6.8-2-{k7,686,386,etc}
>>packages, so that users of Sarge's stock kernels won't have to compile the
>>alsa drivers themselves?
> 
> 
> Why would you want 2.6 packages? The 2.6 kernel includes ALSA drivers
> already, and providing alsa-modules packages would be of use for a very
> small percentage of the Debian users.
> 

The version of alsa in 2.6.8 is, I think, only 1.0.4; but packages for 
1.0.8 will soon be entering sarge. I guess I am just trying to make life 
easier for the users who have hardware that doesn't work on the 
9-month-old version of alsa, including me. :)

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