-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Martin Horn wrote: > Hi Gustin, > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Martin Horn wrote: >> Hi Ralf, > >> Thanks for all the input and suggestions but I am not very experienced >> with linux and building my own kernel would shure take me a while ... >> I do not understand the difference in building a kernel and > recompiling >> the alsa-drivers as the latter seems to include building the > kernel for >> what I found out so far. Maybe correct me if I'm wrong and it is > easier >> to just compile the drivers. > > The Linux can be modular, in that you can build drivers and components > as loadable modules. ýThis is in fact how most distros build their > kernels. ýWhat this means is that you can add and or replace drivers, > functionality etc. as long as certain technical rules are followed. > This is the short-short version :) > > Alsa is one of those things that can be replaced, with reasonable ease. > > >> Thats nice to hear, although I think at the moment I don't have time to >> dive deeper into this. I will have to start reading about some basics >> first instead of running from one problem into another while messing >> with stuff I don't know nothing about. > >> If you are building a kernel once in a while and are willing to build >> one for me as well (e.g. 2.6.31-rt, no PAE, latest alsa drivers/ >> snd-usb-caiaq module) please let me know! Would be very nice if it >> doesn't take you extra time. >> ý I already built one for my laptop so I have the source patched and ready to go. What I do need to know is what CPU you have to make sure I don't enable features that are not supported (this is in fact why I build my own kernels, to enable support for things that the -generic series does not).
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