On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 2:22 PM, stan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:15:43 -0300 > Paulo Cavalcanti <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > The default alsa drivers version in f11 is 1.0.18. The current > > > version is 1.0.20 and there are lots of intel-hda fixes in the > > > update. The reason f11 is running the old version is because the > > > kernel it is using doesn't support the new drivers. > > > > > > What do you mean by that? I have been using driver 1.0.20 > > since I installed F11, a long time ago. There is nothing in kernel > > 2.6.29 that precludes its installation. > > > > > > > When I run the alsa-info.sh script, this is the output I get. > > !!Kernel Information > !!------------------ > > Kernel release: 2.6.29.6-217.2.7.fc11.x86_64 > Operating System: GNU/Linux > Architecture: x86_64 > Processor: x86_64 > SMP Enabled: Yes > > > !!ALSA Version > !!------------ > > Driver version: 1.0.18a > Library version: 1.0.20 > Utilities version: 1.0.20 > > > There is no package for the drivers pulled up in an rpm query. I > assumed that the reason they didn't have the 1.0.20 drivers installed > was an incompatibility with the kernel for some hardware. I can't think > of another reason they wouldn't be using the latest stable version. > They obviously know about it since they have the library and utilities > installed. > > Thee driver is a bunch of kernel modules, which are part of the kernel.
Unfortunately, the only time Fedora upgraded the driver in a kernel, they used the 1.0.18, the buggiest alsa driver ever. Therefore, they will not do it again. They will use whatever version comes in the kernel. -- Paulo Roma Cavalcanti LCG - UFRJ
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