Hello Debian Users, A regression introduced in kernel 2.6.30, where the beeps produced by the BIOS on power chord removal are disabled[1] was recently fixed for 2.6.33 which AFAIK will *not* be in Squeeze. I'm trying to get this issue fixed for Squeeze, but, since I'm aware that the Debian kernel team doesn't have a lot of time, it would be very nice to be able to just provide a bug report with the patch to apply. Since my laptop is one of the affected models I tried to test the patch provided for 2.6.33[2], following the "rebuild official kernel" how-to[3], but the patch doesn't seem to apply: - if I follow the guideline and just drop it under debian/patches/bugfixes/all and add the relevant 5+beep.1 series file the patch seems to be ignored (no mention in the output of 'make -f debian/rules source-all') - if I try to apply it manually it failes: amp@think:linux-2.6-2.6.32$ patch -p0 < debian/patches/bugfix/all/thinkpad-beep.patch patching file b/sound/pci/hda/patch_analog.c Hunk #1 FAILED at 71. Hunk #2 FAILED at 165. Hunk #3 FAILED at 203. Hunk #4 FAILED at 3482. Hunk #5 FAILED at 3523. Hunk #6 FAILED at 3655. 6 out of 6 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file b/sound/pci/hda/patch_analog.c.rej Unless I'm doing something terribly wrong, at this point I'm assuming that the patch will not apply to 2.6.32, but I have no ideea how difficult it would be to backport it. Comments? This issue is not a showstopper for me as I can just use the 2.6.29 kernel or wait for a fixed 2.6.33 in experimental (and unstable after the release), but it seems worthwhile to have it fixed for squeeze. [1] https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4BAE0730.8020509%40gmail.com&forum_name=alsa-user [2] https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=alpine.LNX.2.00.1003261047210.3925%40eeebox2.perex-int.cz [3] http://wiki.debian.org/HowToRebuildAnOfficialDebianKernelPackage Regards, Andrei -- http://nuvreauspam.ro/2010/05/4-neticheta-pe-mail/
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