On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 09:55:18AM -0700, Giridhar Pemmasani wrote:
> When snd-maestro3 (ESS Maestro 3 driver) is enabled, kernel 2.6.21 fails to
> boot - it seems to stop at various points depending on what other modules are
> enabled. Disabling snd-maestro3 fixes all issues. Moreover, with everything
> else being same, using maestro3.c from 2.6.20 kernel and using it in 2.6.21
> kernel also works - i.e., system boots fine. I will try to isolate the issue
> and follow up.

Thanks for your report.

There were only the two attached patches between 2.6.20 and 2.6.21 to 
this driver:
- maestro3: add request_firmware()
- maestro3 - Use quirk list helper function

2.6.21 + 2.6.20 maestro3.c works for you.

Does 2.6.21 + 2.6.20 maestro3.c + patch-maestro3-1 work?

> Giri

cu
Adrian

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