From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266680AbUG0Wgq (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:36:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266679AbUG0Wfv (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:35:51 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:21241 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266678AbUG0Wf1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:35:27 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 00:35:16 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Lee Revell Cc: Ed Sweetman , Jim Gifford , "Adam J. Richter" , linux-kernel Subject: Re: Future devfs plans Message-ID: <20040727223515.GJ2349@fs.tum.de> References: <200407261445.i6QEjAS04697@freya.yggdrasil.com> <057601c472a3$9df39ac0$d100a8c0@W2RZ8L4S02> <41044DA6.5080501@comcast.net> <20040726180901.GG11817@fs.tum.de> <41057B58.1040808@comcast.net> <1090963455.1094.106.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1090963455.1094.106.camel@mindpipe> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 05:24:15PM -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 17:44, Ed Sweetman wrote: > > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > >On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 08:17:42PM -0400, Ed Sweetman wrote: > > > > > > apt-get install alsa-base > > > > > > > > > > > And someone who compiles the kernel for themselves and never needs the > > alsa-base deb wouldn't have any ability to create the devices. MAKEDEV > > is the proper place to create devices, not a separate snddevices > > script. This is still a debian bug. > > Ditto someone hacking on ALSA, or who needs to use ALSA CVS to get some > new feature, who doesn't want to have to build a .deb every time they > recompile. >... Please check the facts before sending such emails (or read at least all mails in this thread). alsa-base does _not_ contain any modules. alsa-base only contains some scripts like the one that saves the ALSA mixer settings on shutdown and restores them after booting. > Lee 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