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Message-ID: <s5hve25j2tj.wl%tiwai@suse.de>
Date:	Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:51:04 +0200
From:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:	Stas Sergeev <stsp@...et.ru>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.25-mm1 (snd-pcsp doesn't like DEBUG_PAGEALLOC)

At Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:45:51 +0400,
Stas Sergeev wrote:
> 
> > But anyway, as mentioned in my previous post, snd-pcsp wouldn't be
> > enabled on most of distros' kernels because it cannot be built
> > together with input-pcspkr driver, unfortunately...
> Yes, making them to play well together is
> something to think about too. But I don't
> see how it can affect the distributors.
> If the distro doesn't have the sound enabled,
> then it won't enable snd-pcsp no matter
> what. If it does have the sound enabled,
> then why would it ever want to use pcspkr
> instead of snd-pcsp?

The sound subsystem is enabled (loaded) only when necessary.
As long as there are many systems without the sound subsystem
(i.e. servers), snd-pcsp wouldn't be built (thus not provided even as
a module) for their kernels because it prevents input-pcspkr.


Takashi
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