Sounds like a real possibility, but I do not know nearly enough about how the ALSA drivers work to agree or disagree.
> This is most likely (AFAIK) because redhat ships their kernel with NPTL > (Native POSIX Thread Library). > >>From the release notes: > > Red Hat Linux 9 includes the Native POSIX Thread Library (NPTL), a new > implementation of POSIX threads for Linux. This library provides > performance improvements and increased scalability for i686 or better > processors. > > This thread library is designed to be binary compatible with the old > LinuxThreads implementation; however, applications that rely on the > places where the LinuxThreads implementation deviates from the POSIX > standard will need to be fixed. Notable differences include: > > - Signal handling has changed from per-thread signal handling to POSIX > process signal handling. > > - getpid() returns the same value in all threads. > > - Thread handlers registered with pthread_atfork are not run if vfork() > is used - no manager thread > > -------------------------- > > I could be wrong but this is where I think the problem is... > > > On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 16:19, Jason Corekin wrote: >> Good news I have Alsa 0.9.2 working on RedHat 9.0 working with kernel >> version 2.4.20. The catch is that I had to replace the RedHat kernel >> with the stock kernel from www.kernel.org. So the problem has to be >> in the changes that RedHat made to their kernel. I have to give >> credit to Kmberry and Lance A. Brown, for pointing out that RedHat >> plays around with the kernel before releasing it >> The only thing that I have not yet tried to do is to rework the >> symlinks to make sure that the Alsa code knows where to find the right >> kernel dependencies. Since I do not know if there is any thing that I >> am now missing from not running on the RedHat kernel or not it would >> be nice to at least have some modules compatible with their kernel, >> but I'm not too worried about it. >> I hope this helps. >> >> Jason Corekin >> >> >> >> On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 14:23, Jason Corekin wrote: >> > I work for HP and I just downloaded the new RH 9.0 iso's from our >> internal source yesterday. After upgrading from RH 8.0 and the >> 2.4.18 kernel I tried to update my Alsa drivers to work with the >> new 2.4.20 kernel and found that althought the Alsa 0.9.2 drivers >> had compiled and installed without trouble the would not load. >> Instead I am getting the error unresolved symbol schedule_work. >> > >> > Now I know that there have been numerous similar complaints on the >> user mailing list, but since nobody seems to be privinding and >> answer and since I saw no mention of this error on the development >> list I thought that I would send out this mail to both lists and >> see if I could get a little bit more of a response. >> > >> > I have a Yamahaa Waveforce 192XG, a 1.2Ghz Duron, 128MB of ram, and >> a ECS K7S5A motherboard. But since this appears to be a layer >> other then the hardware driver layer and has been reported with to >> be affecting numerous cards, I really don't think that my hardware >> config will be of much importance. >> > >> > Jason Corekin >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------- >> > This SF.net email is sponsored by: >> > The Definitive IT and Networking Event. Be There! >> > NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2003 -- Register today! >> > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?keyn0001en >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Alsa-devel mailing list >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel > -- > Edward Muller > > Interlix - President > > Web Hosting - PC Service & Support > Custom Programming - Network Service & Support > > Phone: 417-862-0573 > Cell: 417-844-2435 > Fax: 417-862-0572 > > http://www.interlix.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
