I built it into the kernel, however as we all know, it didn't work. On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:09:54 > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: building kernel for ac97 sound card > > Futher I just checked, the generic ASoC AC97 CODEC driver > can only be built as a module. How come can you have it built-in > the kernel? > > Didier > > Le 23/10/2020 ? 18:04, Didier Spaier a ?crit : > > Here: > > > > didier[~]$ zgrep -i ac97 /proc/config.gz > > CONFIG_SND_AC97_CODEC=m > > CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE=y > > CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE_DEFAULT=0 > > CONFIG_SND_SOC_AC97_BUS=y > > CONFIG_SND_SOC_AC97_CODEC=m > > CONFIG_AC97_BUS=m > > > > Unless you are building a custom kernel I am a bit surprised: > > as far as I know pretty much all distributions ship kernels > > with ac97 provided as modules. > > > > Didier > > > > Le 23/10/2020 ? 17:51, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit : > >> I think my mistake was having ac97 built into the kernel; could be ac97 > >> doesn't like that housing. I'll try rebuilding that as a module and see > >> if I get further. The linux kernel configuration is so complex it's not > >> easy to know which things need to be in the kernel as built-ins and > >> which need to be modules. > >> > >> On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> > >>> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:22:10 > >>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >>> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >>> Subject: Re: building kernel for ac97 sound card > >>> > >>> The sound card drivers are modules, so just build the module if need be. > >>> Ac97 sounds pretty standard to me though, so I think it should be part of the > >>> standard setup already. > >>> The pc speaker is something else though. > >>> There is a module called pcspkr which allow the use of that. > >>> All pc's does not have a speaker though. > >>> Maybe I am missing something in your message? > >>> Regards, Willem > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, 23 Oct 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >>> > >>>> I have an ac97 sound card and a c-media usb sound card on a system. I > >>>> have only had success activating the pcspeaker when building a kernel for > >>>> gentoo. I have no clue as to what to enable to get this done. This is > >>>> even after having gone through lspci output and lsmod output with the > >>>> install-minimal dvd running the operating system The speaker-test utility > >>>> puts out sound in the chroot environment and is silent after first boot > >>>> into the new environment made by the compiled kernel. > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list