Re: [patch][rfc] depend pcspkr on CONFIG_EMBEDDED

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

Hi Stas,

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 01:22:27AM +0400, Stas Sergeev wrote:
> Hello.
>
> As most of the problems with snd-pcsp
> are now settled and the major distros
> are starting to unblacklist it and use
> instead of pcspkr:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=539767
> I'd like to do that sneaky thing.
> The major argument for keeping pcspkr
> I've heard, was that it doesn't require
> the entire ALSA stack, and in this
> case I think it is usefull only with
> CONFIG_EMBEDDED. Right now it is a common
> situation when the both modules are
> built, and whichever gets loaded first,
> works.
> So can something like the attached
> patch be applied?

I think it is up to destribution to select the driver they want to use
and blacklist the one they don't want. No need to change the kernel.

-- 
Dmitry