Re: Debian installer/live stock kernels iMac G5

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 01:24:17PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 08:41 +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> 
> > Not the kernel fault. Probably some piece added this by himself, as a hacky
> > workaround. Please find out what and file a bug report.
> 
> hw-detect:
> debian-installer/packages/hw-detect/discover-mac-io.sh contains:
> 
>         elif [ "$name" = davbus ] || [ "$name" = i2s-a ]; then
>                 for child in "$dir"/*; do
>                         if [ -f "$child/name" ]; then
>                                 childname="$(cat "$child/name" 2>/dev/null || true)"
>                                 if [ "$childname" = sound ]; then
>                                         case "$(uname -r)" in
>                                         2.4*)
>                                                 register-module dmasound_pmac
>                                                 ;;
>                                         2.6*)
>                                                 # probably best to go for ALSA
>                                                 register-module snd-powermac
>                                                 ;;
>                                         esac
>                                 fi
>                         fi
>                 done
> 
> 
> What package do I file the bug against?

The package name is hw-detect. What kernel exactly is the one where snd-aoa is
enabled over powermac ? In general we probably need a better per
subarch/machine solution for those hacky workarounds.

Friendly,

Sven Luther