At Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:02:17 +0530, Kunal Gangakhedkar wrote: > > > Thinking the logic again, however, it might be safer to check DMI > > entries no matter which model is. Then set statically if it's DV > > series (i.e. !hp_blike_system()) as fallback. I suppose HP will > > implement the DMI entry for their new BIOS on other models in future, > > too, so the chance is high that the right setup is detected through > > DMI check instead of blindly fixed setup. > > > > They're notorious to discontinue models really fast. For example, my laptop model > is already discontinued in less than 6 months. So, I don't think I'll be getting updates > for my BIOS at all. What do you propose for such cases? Sure, we'd need to do some static fixes. But checking DMI first is more or less "safer". > I agree with your approach that we should be checking for DMI string unconditionally and > use the fixed setup as fallback - I can send the patch with those fixes too. That'll be great. thanks, Takashi _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
