Re: Future devfs plans

From: Adrian Bunk (bunk_at_fs.tum.de)
Date: 07/28/04

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    Date:	Wed, 28 Jul 2004 00:35:16 +0200
To: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>

    On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 05:24:15PM -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
    > On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 17:44, Ed Sweetman wrote:
    > > Adrian Bunk wrote:
    > >
    > > >On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 08:17:42PM -0400, Ed Sweetman wrote:
    > > >
    > > > apt-get install alsa-base
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > > And someone who compiles the kernel for themselves and never needs the
    > > alsa-base deb wouldn't have any ability to create the devices. MAKEDEV
    > > is the proper place to create devices, not a separate snddevices
    > > script. This is still a debian bug.
    >
    > Ditto someone hacking on ALSA, or who needs to use ALSA CVS to get some
    > new feature, who doesn't want to have to build a .deb every time they
    > recompile.
    >...

    Please check the facts before sending such emails (or read at least all
    mails in this thread).

    alsa-base does _not_ contain any modules.

    alsa-base only contains some scripts like the one that saves the ALSA
    mixer settings on shutdown and restores them after booting.

    > Lee

    cu
    Adrian 

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