* J G Miller [110529 18:10 +0200]: > At 22:45h, on Thursday, May 26, 2011, > in message <20110526204550.gc4...@samweis.home.lxtec.de>, > on the subject of "Re: [Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#627152: alsa-source: > problem exists with i868 also (linux-headers-2.6.38-2-686)", > Elimar Riesebieter asked - > > > Why do you want to recompile alsa-drives then? > > Maybe I have misunderstood the purpose of the alsa-source package? > > If the purpose of the alsa-source package is not to compile the > ALSA drivers, regardless of whether they may or may not be in the > current kernel, then just what is the purpose of the alsa-source > package?
The package was distributed to give users of old kernels the chance
to run bleeding edge sound hardware. But anyway, alsa-source will be
removed from distro soon ;-)
Elimar
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