Alsa module configuration

[Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>]

Hey alsa kernel wizards,

Is there any way we can get rid of this?

On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, frank pirrone wrote to linux-audio-user:

> *** grab the Alsa 0.9.0rc3 tarball and compile it
> *** Configure /etc/modules.conf as follows:
> 
> # ALSA native device support
> alias char-major-116 snd
> options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1
> alias snd-card-0 snd-cs4236
> options snd-cs4236 snd_id="Crystal Audio" snd_index=0 snd_isapnp=1
> # OSS/Free compatibility setup
> alias char-major-14 soundcore
> alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
> alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
> alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
> alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0

It just struck me how every alsa install has to do this. I am not a
kernel wiz, but it would be so much nicer if (somehow) this just worked:

alias snd-card-0 snd-cs4236

And maybe an options line with the snd_id or something. But it seems
that these are the only crucial pieces of information. I know, I know,
alsaconf is supposed to help. Still. Is there any way this can be
simpler?

Just wondering, yo.

wingo.


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