[elrepo-devel] kmod-alsa update request ...

[Akemi Yagi]

On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Phil Perry <phil at elrepo.org> wrote:
> Phil Perry wrote:

> I've built updated kmod-alsa-1.0.23-2.el5.elrepo packages and they are
> in the elrepo-testing repository:
>
> http://elrepo.org/linux/testing/el5/
>
> It's built against kernel-2.6.18-164.el5 and is kABI compatible with all
> RHEL5 kernels up to and including RHEL5.5.
>
> I've not had too much joy testing them. On my i386 laptop (Intel HDA
> with SigmaTel STAC92XX codec), I get a kernel panic and the system fails
> to boot. Note that because the the package is kABI-tracking, this means
> all RHEL5 kernels will now panic and the system is left in an unbootable
> state. Either have a non-kABI compatibile kernel installed (e.g, one of
> the rt kernels) that you can boot or have a rescue disk to hand, boot
> and manually delete the offending module(s). This isn't a packaging
> issue - I see exactly the same behaviour on that machine when compiling
> and installing from source. You just need to be aware that if a kmod
> module does cause a kernel panic, it has the potential to leave all
> installed kernel unbootable.
>
> Testing on another Intel HDA box (x86_64, with a different codec) was a
> little less dramatic and passed without incident. In both cases sound
> was already working with the default kernel drivers.

I have installed the latest kmod-alsa on my rather old Toshiba laptop.
Everything is fine. I must say the sound was
working without this kmod, but anyway installing this version did not
cause any problem.

Akemi