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

[Phil Perry]

Akemi Yagi wrote:
> 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

Thanks Akemi - much appreciated.