Bug#326536: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7: alsa does not detect on-board cmi9761a (but does on 2.4)
On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 06:58:29PM -0400, Ari Epstein wrote:
> Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7
> Version: 2.6.8-16
> Severity: normal
>
>
> This concerns a discrepency in behavior between this kernel image and
> kernel-image-2.4.27-2-k7 with alsa-modules-2.4.27-2-k7 (1.0.8+2). With
> the 2.4 kernel and modules, onboard CMedia CMI-9761A codec is correctly
> detected by modprobe snd-ac97-codec; alsaconf. Device is not detected
> when booting from 2.6 kernel. There has been some activity on ALSA
> involving the AC 97 driver and the CMI9761A, but I do not have the
> technical ability to see to what extent these changes are reflected in
> the 2.4 and 2.6 implementations.
>From what I understand there are ongoing problems with the
AC97 Alsa driver, and these are being worked on. Would it
be possible for you to test linux-image-2.6.12-1-k7 from
unstable to determine if the situation has improved in
that release.
--
Horms
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