At Mon, 18 May 2009 13:55:57 +0300,Ozan Çağlayan wrote:> > 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? Right. It's about 2.6.29 or earlier kernels. > 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? Yes, at this time, the core struct was change, unfortunately.If it's just about a function, this could be easier to add a hack, butthe struct is much more difficult to work around the ABI compatibility. Takashi_______________________________________________Alsa-devel mailing listAlsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
