Re: [Alsa-devel] 2.6.15-rc6: boot failure in saa7134-alsa.c

[Stephen Clark]

Lee Revell wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 13:03 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>  
>
> > Forcing (or even just encouraging) people to use loadable modules is
> > just horrible. I personally run a kernel with no modules at all: it
> > makes for a simpler bootup, and in some situations (embedded) it has
> > both security and size advantages. 
> >    
>
> With modules it's possible to test a new ALSA version without
> recompiling the kernel or even rebooting.  Encouraging people to build
> it into the kernel would create a problematic barrier to entry for
> debugging.  With the amount of poorly documented hardware we support,
> it's essential for preventing driver regressions for users to be able to
> easily test the latest ALSA version.  
>
> Lee
>
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Users don't want to be testers when they report problems and no on 
responds to the problem
report!

My $.02
Steve
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