Bug#439072: snd-intel8x0 line-in not working in later 2.6.x kernels

[Josip Rodin <joy@debbugs.entuzijast.net>]

Hi Adrian,

On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 04:13:19AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:
> > I'm reporting this bug that I have been seeing for a while and which is
> > a regression from a few months/years ago - the line-in input simply doesn't
> > work right. arecord(1) just doesn't record anything with it, it doesn't show
> > any errors, it records silence. The recording from the same external source
> > works just fine with the microphone input.
> 
> I re-selected the old-style i810_audio driver in 2.6.21 and compiled it,
> unloaded the ALSA driver, loaded the old driver, and voila, everything went
> back to normal, I can hear the TV sound just fine. So, it might be that this
> is an OSS->ALSA regression that slipped through the cracks?

While browsing kernel options, I noticed:

    Please contact Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> if you had to
    say Y here because your hardware is not properly supported
    by ALSA.

...in the description of CONFIG_OSS_OBSOLETE, so, here I am :)

This is Debian bug #439072 (and #384933 also looks suspiciously similar,
if I might add).

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