Re: [SLE] How to get ALSA kernel patch that fits in patches.common

On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 22:47:07 +0200 Kees Bakker wrote:

On Thursday 03 July 2003 22:27, Philipp Thomas wrote:

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Kees Bakker [Thu, 3 Jul 2003 22:15:28 +0200]:

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But still. Why is SuSE so secretive about this?

Because we don't talk about things until the feature list has been decided on. It's that simple.

Relax. I'm not asking for a new feature. I want to know how the ALSA patch was created for the existing kernel. I don't even need all the details, just roughly how it was done.

Maybe go to : http://infolinux.de/jp/index.html and get the jp patch set. It has an alsa kernel patch similar to what suse does. Notice the complexity of all the patches...it isn't easy, and the patch will only work on the -pre2 kernal. Patching the kernel is getting more and more complex as the kernel complexity increases. If you apply one patch, then another may not work, or may take "custom manual patching". Doing this without breaking something, takes alot of knowledge. One of the best things about SuSE is the all-purpose kernel, and I admire Hubert Mantel for being able to keep all this stuff together. It's relatively easy to compile a kernel for a specific system. But making a general purpose kernal that works for everyone, is pretty difficult. Check out http://www.kernelnewbies.org -- use Perl; #powerful programmable prestidigitation