Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751293AbWCLDld (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:41:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751294AbWCLDld (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:41:33 -0500 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:20191 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751293AbWCLDlc (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:41:32 -0500 Subject: Re: Patch: MSI-K8T-Neo2-Fir OnboardSound and additional Soundcard From: Lee Revell To: Johannes Goecke Cc: Linux-Kernel In-Reply-To: <20060311192840.GA19313@uni-paderborn.de> References: <20060311192840.GA19313@uni-paderborn.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:41:29 -0500 Message-Id: <1142134890.25358.43.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.5.92 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 929 Lines: 24 On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 20:28 +0100, Johannes Goecke wrote: > - how to enshure that the code is executed ONLY on excactly this kind > of boards > (not any other with similar Chipset)? > > - what to do to (hopefully) integrate that pice of code into > one of the next Kernel Releases? > This has been discussed on LKML recently, it's not 2.6.16 material because it might break working setups when the previously disabled device becomes the default sound card. Of course the same setup would have broken if we added a driver for a previously unsupported soundcard, so I'm not sure how this fits in with the "don't break userspace" rule. IMHO it should be merged post 2.6.16. Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/