Bug 92711 – Requesting a clean-up of Genkernel config for ALSA

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Shyam Mani (RETIRED) 2005-05-15 09:16:54 UTC]

Genkernel by default has CONFIG_SND="m" set and some other drivers set and unset. When a user is asked to use alsa-driver or wants to use it, it will fail as it checks for the presence of ALSA in the kernel.

Genkernel has to do one of the following :

a) Disable CONFIG_SND="m", so we ask people to use alsa-driver.
b) Enable all available soundcards, so we ask people who use Genkernel to just compile and run alsaconf for sound support.

This is wrt Bug 92622, New ALSA Guide

[Comment 1 Shyam Mani (RETIRED) 2005-05-18 04:30:11 UTC]

Since there has been NFA on this bug till now, the new ALSA doc will ask
genkernel users to go ahead and configure ALSA (as by default, CONFIG_SND="m").

In case there are changes made, the ALSA doc will reflect the same.

[Comment 2 Shyam Mani (RETIRED) 2005-05-31 12:12:39 UTC]

After talking to Tim (plasmaroo), I'm attaching the modded x86 and x86_64
configs for genkernel. ALSA support has been completely removed from these.

The doc will now suggest that the user can either use genkernel --menuconfig and
enable in-kernel ALSA or use alsa-driver.

[Comment 3 Shyam Mani (RETIRED) 2005-05-31 12:13:56 UTC]

Created attachment 60290 [details, diff]
x86 config without ALSA support

[Comment 4 Shyam Mani (RETIRED) 2005-05-31 12:15:03 UTC]

Created attachment 60291 [details]
x86_64 config without ALSA support

[Comment 5 Shyam Mani (RETIRED) 2005-05-31 12:16:27 UTC]

Sorry, the x86_64 config isn't a patch against the existing one...I need sleep :)

[Comment 6 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2005-06-04 10:27:43 UTC]

x86 fixed in 3.2.0_pre2 (in Portage, just masked right now), x86_64 fixed in
CVS. Thanks!

[Comment 7 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) 2005-07-09 18:06:31 UTC]

3.2.1 is in the tree and stable, closing bug as fixed. Reopen if there are any
issues. Thanks!