On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Grant Grundler wrote: > On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 01:27:32AM +0300, Martin-?ric Racine wrote: > > ...going as far as preventing kernel compilation: > > CC [M] sound/parisc/harmony.o > ... > > make[3]: *** [sound/parisc/harmony.o] Error 1 > ... > > Previously, the ALSA driver would at least compile (though it > > doesn't work), but not anymore. > > I fail to see a problem with this. This is in fact a better situation > than a driver that compiles and doesn't work since novices won't have > to figure that out through trial and error.
I have strong doubts that novices would try to build theyr own CVS kernel. However, if PA-RISC would see more frequent commits to vanilla, I would be able to do what I do on PPC: keep both drivers enabled in the config, build them both and only get around switching to ALSA the day it works for real. > > Given how the OSS driver is also broken, it leaves me without sound > > support on this host, which makes using kernel 2.6 somewhat dubvious... > > While we certainly didn't intend to break OSS harmony driver, the > poor bugger is in need of some TLC. In the long run, that driver should probably be droped and work be focused on getting the ALSA driver to work rock-solid, then submit it to upstream ALSA, once someone can commit to maintining it has been found. Personally, I have been waiting for ALSA to work on PPC and PA-RISC, so that I can finally switch to (the rumoured to be oh-so-much-better) ALSA on all hosts. > > I realize that the sound support might not be such a high-priority, > > but I still think that having both drivers in a broken state is > > unacceptable. > > yeah - audio support is definitely a weak in the parisc-linux port. > ad1889 hasn't really ever worked right either (#&@%!ng documentation). > But I'm willing to help anyone who is able to maintain those parts. > (ie questions about DMA/Interrupts/MMIO - not how harmony works > since I have no clue). Unfortunately, my C skills don't go far beyond "hello.c", but if I can help this port by packaging anything for Debian, I'm definitely available. Right now, I'm trying to package an xgcc-3.3 for PPC to allow me to build my PA-RISC kernels on my iMac, which should be a good example of my advanced packaging skills. Less complicated packages I have done can be found at http://funkyware.konflux.at/ -- Martin-�ric Racine, ICT Consultant http://www.pp.fishpool.fi/~q-funk/
