On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 03:15:09PM +0200, Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 03:41:56PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> Somehow the snd-*-oss modules are not loaded at boot time:

> | alsa-driver (1.0.17.dfsg-3) unstable; urgency=medium
> |
> |   [ Elimar Riesebieter ]
> |   * /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base: make sure oss compat modules aren't loaded 
> via
> |     alsa-base (closes: #499695)
> |
> |   [ Jordi Mallach ]
> |   * Make alsa-base Suggest: oss-compat to accommodate the previous change.
> |     If you need OSS devices, the "Debian way" is to install that package
> |     from now on (closes: #315455).
> |   * Update alsa-base.README with a short paragraph mentioning oss-compat.
> |
> |  -- Jordi Mallach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:35:58 +0200
> 
> Of course, the bug did exist before, but it didn't struck, because
> alsa-base did care about loading oss-compat modules via:
> 
> | install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-pcm && { /sbin/modprobe 
> --quiet snd-pcm-oss ; : ; }
> | install snd-mixer /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-mixer && { 
> /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-mixer-oss ; : ; }
> | install snd-seq /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-seq && { /sbin/modprobe 
> --quiet snd-seq-midi ; /sbin/modprobe --quiet snd-seq-oss ; : ; }

What about handling it via kernel module autoloading? oss-compat would
create /dev/{audio,dsp} and OSS would get loaded only when it's needed.
This approach won't reintroduce #315455 and #499695.

Jarek Kamiński.

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