Re: Bug#320860: hw-detect: Should support basic sound card detection
On Tuesday 02 August 2005 07:04, Christian Perrier wrote:
> > IMHO if we're going to enable alsa by default, we should include full
> > support for it, although only including alsa-base in the desktop task
> > might be an alternative.
>
> It seems to me that linux-sound-base on every install (as soon as a
> sound card is detected) and alsa-base on every desktop install are
> reasonable defaults.
>
> This means that translatable material for linux-sound-base shoudl go
> to level 2 and the material for alsa-base should go to level 5.
>
> Dennis, could you please follow this topic until I'm back?
>
> Both packages are maintainers by "Debian ALSA Maintainers
> <pkg-alsa-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>", but I think that talking
> with Thomas Hood is OK.
>
> Getting these packages CVS or SVN repositories addresses and add then
> to l2 and/or l5 is probably what's needed if these features are added.
The only problem with this is that many embedded systems come with
sound systems, or at least appear to. Many of the SOC based systems
use chips that include sound support, but then do not provide the external
connections to use it. On those boards being used as network routers
etc it would be something of a waste of limited Compact Flash space to
go installing sound support automatically. Please can this be optional
and not automatic, at least in expert mode.
I am not here talking about Emdebian style systems, but the sort of
cards like the Microtik and PC Engines ones which are small PCs with
Geode chips and CF disks. Also the VIA MiniITX boards usually come with
this kind of support which you may not want to use.
David
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