Bug 143548

Summary:	Kernel support for ISA PnP devices disabled
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Joachim Frieben <jfrieben>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	dff <dff>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	4.9	CC:	barryn, benl, davej, jbaron
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Description Joachim Frieben 2004-12-22 07:46:18 UTC

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Description of problem:
In the specified kernel, ISA PnP support is missing. So are a number
of kernel modules for not very recent hardware. On both of a PR440FX
based workstation and an IBM Thinkpad 600e, the sound device is some
integrated CS423X chip which is connected to the system via the ISA
bus interface. Sound works great for both of them under FC2 (and the
first computer under FC3). Please consider reenabling ISA PnP support
in the kernel.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.9-1.675_EL

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install RHEL4 Beta 2.
2. Check the presence of the kernel log message "isapnp: Scanning for
PnP cards".
3. Note that the "/lib/modules/2.6.9-1.675_EL/kernel/sound/isa"
directory is essentially empty.    

Actual Results:  No sound available.

Expected Results:  Sound works correctly as under FC2.

Additional info:

There is no entry in the kernel RPM changelog indicating that or why
ISA PnP support has been dropped. In the RHEL3 kernels, it seems to be
present though.

Comment 1 Dave Jones 2005-01-17 23:05:50 UTC

reassigning to product management.

Comment 2 Suzanne Hillman 2005-02-14 22:08:33 UTC

Internal RFE bug #148026 entered; will be considered for future releases.

Comment 3 Joachim Frieben 2009-06-07 04:35:33 UTC

Support for ISA based CS423X sound devices is also missing in RHEL 5.3.

Comment 4 Jiri Pallich 2012-06-20 16:10:30 UTC

Thank you for submitting this issue for consideration in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The release for which you requested us to review is now End of Life. 
Please See https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

If you would like Red Hat to re-consider your feature request for an active release, please re-open the request via appropriate support channels and provide additional supporting details about the importance of this issue.