Bug#609747: udev: snd-powermac.ko not loaded automatically on iBook (first generation), resulting in no audio

[Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>]

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 04:28:00PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> On Jan 12, Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> wrote:
> 
> > So that looks likely.  I'll try to get a patched kernel built.  Any
> > recommendation on the best way to deviate least from the stock squeeze
> > kernel while minimizing compile time?  The powerpc machines i have
> > access to for compilation are all, uh, under-resourced.
> Apply the patch to the Debian source package and then manually build
> just the module(s).

That won't work as the symbol versions won't match.

Well, it might work if you use modprobe -f to load it.

Ben.

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