Takashi Iwai wrote: > > It's fairly difficult because the internal API was changed. > Especially the core struct was modified recently, thus there is no > ABI compatibility at all between the older kernel and the latest alsa > driver. > > >> Is it technically possible to patch those tiny drivers onto >> alsa-driver and compile them if the .config file from the kernel source >> has enabled those DVB devices? >> >> Or maybe I should enable ALSA in-kernel, compile those DVB sound stuff >> and remove the sound/ directory from the kernel package? (Even the idea >> sounds really *dirty*, dunno if it's technically possible too) >> > > You'd need to copy the original ALSA in-kernel stuff, copy the headers > from alsa-driver, then rebuild the related modules in kernel to follow > the new API. Also, some wrappers would be needed, e.g. for the > obsoleted snd_card_new(). > But that shouldn't pose any problem if I stick with 2.6.30_rc* + latest alsa-driver right? But yes, during the lifetime of a stable distribution release, the separate alsa-driver will always move faster than the kernel and the ABI changes will be inevitable. So It will become difficult enough when the stock kernel of the distro and alsa-driver diverges from each other, am I right? Thanks, _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
