From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265782AbUGZTaT (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:30:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265777AbUGZTaS (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:30:18 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:37339 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S265841AbUGZSJJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jul 2004 14:09:09 -0400 Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:09:01 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Ed Sweetman Cc: Jim Gifford , "Adam J. Richter" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Future devfs plans Message-ID: <20040726180901.GG11817@fs.tum.de> References: <200407261445.i6QEjAS04697@freya.yggdrasil.com> <057601c472a3$9df39ac0$d100a8c0@W2RZ8L4S02> <41044DA6.5080501@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41044DA6.5080501@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 08:17:42PM -0400, Ed Sweetman wrote: >... > On > top of that, MAKEDEV as distributed at least by debian, doesn't create > alsa devices and there is no script in the kernel source tree that i've > found that allows the device creation. One would have to go download > the alsa-driver package from the alsa-project website and use the > snddevices.sh script. Since alsa-driver is integrated with the kernel > now, this device creation script should be included in the kernel source > or if that's not the place for such a file, we'll have to get on > debian's butt to have MAKEDEV updated to actually support it. apt-get install alsa-base Check /var/lib/dpkg/info/alsa-base.postinst and (surprise, surprise!), you'll note the snddevices script is executed when installing the alsa-base package. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed