I just emerged new alsa-driver 0.9.3 and when /etc/init.d/alsasound start it prints that snd-pnp taints the kernel (not under gpl license) and don't want to load cs4236.o module at all. When downgraded to alsa 0.9.2 - everything is OK. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Just emerge alsa-0.9.3 with cs4236 card. Actual Results: See above. Expected Results: See above. System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r3 i686 Celeron (Mendocino) GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/ http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" USE="x86 -3dfx -3dnow aalib -acl -acpi -afs alsa apache2 apm -arts -atlas avi berkdb -bonobo -canna -cdr -cjk crypt cups curl dga -directfb -doc -dvb -dvd -emacs encode -esd -ethereal -ev6 -evo -fbcon -firebird -flash -freetds -freewnn -gb gd -gdbm -ggi gif -gnome -gphoto2 -gpm -gps gtk gtk2 -gtkhtml -guile -icc -iccpgo -imap imlib innodb ipv6 -java -jikes jpeg -junit -kde -kerberos -ladcca -lcms -ldap -leim -libg++ -libgda libwww -lirc maildir matrox mbox -mikmod mmx motif -mozilla mpeg -mpi -mule mysql -nas ncurses -nhc98 nls nocardbus oav -oci8 odbc oggvorbis opengl oss pam -pcmcia -pda pdflib perl -plotutils png -pnp -postgres prebuilt python -qt quicktime readline -ruby samba -sasl -scanner sdl -selinux slang slp -snmp -socks5 spell sse ssl -svga tcltk tcpd -tetex tiff truetype usb -voodoo3 wmf X -Xaw3d -xface -xinerama xml xml2 -xmms -xv -zeo zlib" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium2 -mcpu=pentium2 -O3 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium2 -mcpu=pentium2 -O3 -pipe" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache"
I am using alsa-driver-0.9.3a with the cs46xx driver and /etc/init.d/alsasound start loads sound as normal. I also emerged alsa-lib, alsa-utils and alsa-tools of version 0.9.3. The only difference I can see between our configurations is that I have ALSA_CARDS="cs46xx" in my /etc/make.conf so that when it compiles with that card in mind. I can post further details such as /etc/modules.d/alsa if you would like for comparison.
alsa-driver-0.9.3a also will not load with my ISA 4237B sound card (uses the cs4236.o modules...) Error msg indicates trouble with pnp. Alsa-driver 0.9.2 works fine.
The problem was solved with alsa-drivers-0.9.3c. So it's time to close this bug.
Great, thanks for letting us know.