Hi, I do not understand why the maintainer would need help with a patch to implement this. He knows the package better than anyone and this is very trivial...
Anyway, here is a patch. Do you have an idea if it will be applied soon ? In this case, we could coordinate with a corresponding upload of oss4 and have a better state for this in squeeze.. Romain
diff -urN alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg/debian/changelog alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg~oss4/debian/changelog --- alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg/debian/changelog 2010-04-12 14:50:22.000000000 +0200 +++ alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg~oss4/debian/changelog 2010-04-12 14:50:15.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +alsa-driver (1.0.21+dfsg-3) unstable; urgency=low + + [ Romain Beauxis ] + * Added option for OSS4 + + -- Romain Beauxis <[email protected]> Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:49:47 +0200 + alsa-driver (1.0.21+dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=low [ Elimar Rieseieter ] diff -urN alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg/debian/control alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg~oss4/debian/control --- alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg/debian/control 2010-04-12 14:50:22.000000000 +0200 +++ alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg~oss4/debian/control 2010-04-12 14:50:15.000000000 +0200 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Package: linux-sound-base Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends}, module-init-tools (>= 3.2.1) -Suggests: alsa-base (>= 1.0.18-1) +Suggests: alsa-base (>= 1.0.18-1), oss4-modules Conflicts: alsa-base (<= 1.0.8-7) Replaces: alsa-base (<= 1.0.8-7) Description: base package for ALSA and OSS sound systems diff -urN alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg/debian/linux-sound-base.config alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg~oss4/debian/linux-sound-base.config --- alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg/debian/linux-sound-base.config 2010-04-12 14:50:22.000000000 +0200 +++ alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg~oss4/debian/linux-sound-base.config 2010-04-12 14:50:15.000000000 +0200 @@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ && [ -f /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noALSA.conf ] then db_set linux-sound-base/sound_system OSS || : +elif \ + [ -f /etc/modprobe.d.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS.conf ] \ + && [ -f /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noALSA.conf ] +then + db_set linux-sound-base/sound_system OSS4 || : fi db_input low linux-sound-base/sound_system || : diff -urN alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg/debian/linux-sound-base.postinst alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg~oss4/debian/linux-sound-base.postinst --- alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg/debian/linux-sound-base.postinst 2010-04-12 14:50:22.000000000 +0200 +++ alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg~oss4/debian/linux-sound-base.postinst 2010-04-12 14:50:15.000000000 +0200 @@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ rm -f /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noALSA rm -f /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noALSA.conf ;; + OSS4) + # Do not load both ALSA and (stock kernel) OSS + ln -sf /lib/linux-sound-base/noOSS.modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS.conf + ln -sf /lib/linux-sound-base/noALSA.modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.d/linux-sound-base_noALSA.conf + ;; default) rm -f /etc/hotplug/blacklist.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS rm -f /etc/discover.d/linux-sound-base_noOSS diff -urN alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg/debian/linux-sound-base.templates alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg~oss4/debian/linux-sound-base.templates --- alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg/debian/linux-sound-base.templates 2010-04-12 14:50:22.000000000 +0200 +++ alsa-driver-1.0.21+dfsg~oss4/debian/linux-sound-base.templates 2010-04-12 14:50:15.000000000 +0200 @@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ Template: linux-sound-base/sound_system Type: select #flag:translate:3 -__Choices: ALSA, OSS, default +__Choices: ALSA, OSS, OSS4, default Default: ALSA _Description: Sound system to use: - ALSA and OSS are alternative systems of drivers for + ALSA, OSS and OSS4 are alternative systems of drivers for sound hardware. . - Selecting ALSA or OSS will enforce the use of such a driver + Selecting one of them will enforce the use of such a driver even in cases where both drivers exist. . Choosing the "default" option will mean this decision is left to the @@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ Removing the linux-sound-base package effectively puts the system into "default" mode. . - Choosing the ALSA sound system is strongly recommended. + Choosing the ALSA sound system is recommended for simple users.
