linux-kernel - Re: no sound in current -git

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Date:	Thu, 26 May 2011 13:13:56 -0700
From:	"Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
CC:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Subject: Re: no sound in current -git

On 05/26/2011 11:38 AM, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Justin P. Mattock
> <justinmattock@...il.com>  wrote:
>> On 05/25/2011 10:11 PM, Dave Jones wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:33:38AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>   >     >    sound over here is out as well on a macbook pro. seems gnome shell
>>>   >     >    didn't like whats being merged with the current Mainline i.g. no
>>> sound
>>>   >     >    bluetooth applet missing. will bisect when I get a chance.
>>>   >
>>>   >    Maybe it was this that just got merged..  (building now)
>>>   >
>>>   >    commit 4db70f73e56961b9bcdfd0c36c62847a18b7dbb5
>>>   >    Author: Eric Paris<eparis@...hat.com>
>>>   >    Date:   Wed May 25 19:49:18 2011 -0700
>>>   >
>>>   >        tmpfs: fix XATTR N overriding POSIX_ACL Y
>>>
>>> Yep. That fixes sound for me.
>>> Sorry for the false alarm Takashi!
>>>
>>>         Dave
>>>
>>>
>>
>> hmm.. pulled and noticed the above with git log, then did git revert for the
>> above, built, but still no sound. will do a bisect in the morning or later
>> on.
>
> That commit was the fix, not the origin of the bug, so reverting it
> was not the right thing to do!
>
> But it's only a fix if your .config has not yet been messed up (with
> CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR and CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL unset, though used
> somewhere for sound).
>
> So, just delete the CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR and CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
> lines from your .config (perhaps you don't even get an ACL line if the
> XATTR is not set, I forget) and run "make oldconfig", this time
> choosing Y.
>
> If this was your sound problem too, then the rebuilt kernel should fix it.
>
> Apologies for inflicting this on people: Linus spotted it and got it
> fixed up a.s.a.p so it only would only affect those who pulled a tree
> yesterday.
>
> Hugh
>

probably why my bisect wasn't going anywhere..(luckily not to much time 
spent doing so) will pull when I get a chance. Thanks for letting us 
know, and Thanks to Linus for the ASAP change.

Justin P. Mattock
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