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Bug#380082: shouldn't always use snd-powermac



Johannes Berg wrote:
> Package: hw-detect
> X-Debbugs-CC: d.devaal@gmail.com
> 
> Dennis de Vaal reports that on an iMac G5
> "The snd-powermac module causes the system to completey lockup/freeze."
> 
> Also, snd-powermac is being deprecated for anything that has a
> i2s-X/sound/layout-id. The iMac G5 should have that, and that means
> snd-aoa will automatically load.
> 
> snd-aoa will only be included in 2.6.18, but is capable of automatically
> loading without /etc/modules interaction.
> 
> The right fix here is tough. If we could rely on 2.6.18, then it'd be
> trivial to check if there's a layout-id property below the sound node
> and if so not use snd-powermac (snd-aoa will come up automatically).

What does this have to do with hw-detect? It doesn't load sound drivers;
there are no sound drivers in d-i.

-- 
see shy jo

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