[patch] alsa-guide.xml.diff

alsa-guide.xml.diff (text/plain), 1.59 KB, created by Jonathan Smith (RETIRED) on 2005-04-18 06:59:47 UTC

--- en/alsa-guide.xml	2005-03-06 08:10:49.000000000 -0500
+++ alsa-guide.xml	2005-04-18 09:57:43.056125960 -0400
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 
 <license/>
 
-<version>1.5.11</version>
-<date>2005-03-06</date>
+<version>1.5.12</version>
+<date>2005-04-18</date>
 
 <chapter>
 <title>The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture</title>
@@ -95,13 +95,21 @@
 </p>
 
 <warn>
-If you use a 2.6 kernel, you may use the drivers provided in the kernel, but
-we still recommend that you use media-sound/alsa-driver as they are more up
-to date than what is provided in the kernel tree.  If you still wish to use
-the drivers provided with your kernel, you can skip the rest of this section
-and continue with <uri link="#alsa-utils">Installing the ALSA Utils</uri>.
+If you are using <c>genkernel</c>, you do not have the following choice. Please
+continue with the portage version of ALSA.
 </warn>
 
+<note>
+If you use a 2.6 kernel, as is now the default for most people, you may use the
+drivers provided in the kernel, or you can use the portage package
+media-sound/alsa-driver. The benifit of using in-kernel drivers is that you do
+not have to re-emerge a package every time you update your kernel, whereas many
+people consider using portage to be simpler than mucking through pages and
+pages of menuconfig. If you want to use the drivers provided with your kernel,
+you can skip the rest of this section and continue with <uri
+link="#alsa-utils">Installing the ALSA Utils</uri>.
+</note>
+
 <p>
 The first step in installing your sound drivers is figuring out what sound
 card you have.  If you don't already know, an easy trick is to search