Jonathan Murphy wrote these words on 12/13/05 11:41 CST: > Finally got things working using GCC-3.4.3. The alsa module snd-usb-audio > will not under any circumstances compile with GCC-4.0.2.
Exactly what do you mean "will not compile"? As far as the snd-usb-audio module, I compiled it as a module once by mistake and had to put it in the hotplug blacklist file because if that module loaded it prevented my USB Plantronics DSP headset from working. Seems I read in the kernel help about this module that it is now obsolete also. > To be honest, I think that the blfs policy regarding the alsa-drivers should > be to compile them from packages rather that compiling them directly into the > kernel. This probably seems retrograde so I'll give my reasons: I used to think that, but no longer do. Just personal opinion, I suppose. > 1. It's easier and safer to patch a single package than to patch the > linux kernel. This is probably true, however, I've never had to patch the Linux kernel to fix a sound related issue. > 2. All of the alsa packages should be synced to avoid compatibility > problems. I don't believe this to be true. Again, personal opinion. > 3. This module is just a case in point - there are probably others which > currently have problems, and there will certainly be others in the future, as > alsa development continues to stampede ahead of kernel versions. Now, this is really skeptical. My current test build is using Linux-2.6.14.3 which contains the ALSA Driver version 1.0.10rc1. This is a Release Candidate for the current latest and greatest ALSA stable version (1.0.10). Hardly "stampeding ahead" of the kernel version. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 12:15:01 up 79 days, 21:39, 3 users, load average: 1.03, 1.02, 0.63 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
