At Tue, 2 Mar 2004 17:59:55 GMT, William wrote: > > Takashi Iwai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>William wrote: > >> I think it would be useful to keep an explanation of how to install > >> CVS alsa-kernel into a Linux 2.6.x source tree. > >> > >> BTW, why is there still an alsa-driver package? > >> Is there any difference between (a) installing alsa-kernel into Linux 2.6.x > >> and (b) installing alsa-driver in the normal way with the configure option > >> --with-kernel=somewhere/linux > > > >yes, alsa-kernel is just for update of 2.6.x tree, and it doesn't > >include the experimental new drivers included in alsa-driver tree. > >alsa-driver tree also includes bunch of wrappers for 2.2/2.4 kernels. > > This is very important information. How about explaining this on the > alsa-project.org website where the current sentence reads "simply copy ..." ? maybe. the statement is a bit old.
> >that's why i wrote above to remove the sentense. > >if you copy the files of alsa-kernel, you'll have no such new drivers. > > I probably want the new/experimental drivers. > cd alsa-driver-cvs-20040302 > ./configure --with-cards=.... --with-kernel=somewhere/linux-2.6.x > Does this mean the both ALSA and OSS sound modules in the Linux 2.6.x source > tree are automatically replaced and updated by the ALSA and OSS modules > from alsa-driver? I want to have the old OSS sound drivers so > I can change from using ALSA to OSS (and vice-versa) by modules unloading > and re-loading. OSS drivers won't be replaced. they will be left as they were. > > >> Don't you mean "linux/sound/Documentation"? > >sorry, linux/Documentation/sound/alsa. > > Ok, so is this a correct summary of installing alsa-kernel into Linux 2.6.x? > > #!/bin/sh > # Install CVS alsa-kernel into Linux 2.6.x source tree: > cp -fR alsa-kernel/include/* linux/include/sound > mv -f alsa-kernel/include out-of-the-way-temporarily-include > > cp -fR alsa-kernel/Documentation/* linux/Documentation/sound/alsa > mv -f alsa-kernel/Documentation out-of-the-way-temporarily-Documentation > > mv -f alsa-kernel/oss out-of-the-way-temporarily-oss > > mv -f alsa-kernel/scripts out-of-the-way-temporarily-scripts > > cp -fR alsa-kernel/* linux/sound does recursive copy work in this way? also omit CVS and kbuild directories if you have. another easy way to update is to use the bk tree patch... Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
