Re: State of the Linux PCI and PCI Hotplug Subsystems for2.6.16-rc5

From: Lee Revell
Date: Wed Mar 08 2006 - 18:16:08 EST


On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 00:05 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > (pci-pci-quirk-for-asus-a8v-and-a8v-deluxe-motherboards.patch seems to
> > > be a candidate.)
> >
> > Yes, if people really want it in I could send it, but I was just looking
> > for "bugfixes only" at this late stage of the game.
>
> It is a fix for a hardware bug, and IMHO 2.6.16 material (but I don't a
> very strong opinion on the latter).
>

This is the patch that re-enabled the onboard sound card when a second
one is present?

That should not go in 2.6.16 - it's not a hardware bug but a (poor IMHO)
design decision by the vendor. And, it may break working setups when an
extra sound device shows up.

Lee

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