Bug 118089 - kernel alsa drivers do not include intel-8x0m
Summary: kernel alsa drivers do not include intel-8x0m
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Raw Hide
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 1.0
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
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Reported: 2004-03-11 20:56 UTC by Sergey V. Udaltsov
Modified: 2007-04-18 17:04 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-03-11 23:58:16 UTC
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Description Sergey V. Udaltsov 2004-03-11 20:56:39 UTC
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Description of problem:
There is one driver for intel ac97 controller: intel8x0m. It is
included into the alsa package 1.0.2+ - but it is not in the core
kernel yet. Could you pretty please include it as a patch to the
kernel. I am asking not only because of the sound card. This driver
allows to work SmartLink winmodems - WITHOUT installing proprietary
binary drivers (tainting kernel etc etc), just with user-space daemon
(slmodemd).

This winmodem is very often in Centrino-based laptops so I think many
people would be grateful to you.

The ideal solution would be to included slmodemd as well - but these
is binary-only object file linked, so I am not sure about the licensing.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.3-100

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Just check the kernel, sound/pci directory

Additional info:

Comment 1 Dave Jones 2004-03-11 23:58:16 UTC
Push the ALSA guys to push it upstream instead.
If theres a reason its not there already, theres likely an equally
good reason for not including it in Fedora.


Comment 2 Sergey V. Udaltsov 2004-03-12 00:11:42 UTC
There is no special reason here. AFAIK it just takes time to push new
driver (even working one) to the official kernel.
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=4003716&forum_id=1752


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