[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#627152: alsa-source: problem exists with i868 also (linux-headers-2.6.38-2-686)

[Elimar Riesebieter]

* J G Miller [110529 18:10 +0200]:
> At 22:45h, on Thursday, May 26, 2011,
> in message <20110526204550.GC4295 at samweis.home.lxtec.de>,
> on the subject of "Re: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#627152: alsa-source:
> problem exists with i868 also (linux-headers-2.6.38-2-686)", 
> Elimar Riesebieter asked -
> 
> > Why do you want to recompile alsa-drives then?
> 
> Maybe I have misunderstood the purpose of the alsa-source package?
> 
> If the purpose of the alsa-source package is not to compile the
> ALSA drivers, regardless of whether they may or may not be in the
> current kernel, then just what is the purpose of the alsa-source
> package?

The package was distributed to give users of old kernels the chance
to run bleeding edge sound hardware. But anyway, alsa-source will be
removed from distro soon ;-)

Elimar

-- 
  The path to source is always uphill!
                                -unknown-
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