Re: ALSA and 2.4.x

[Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org>]

Hi !

I add to fix it too, and I sent the patch to Erik privately but it
was not clear that it would indeed fix this problem. It comes from
sound_core.c not including adriver.h which contains the compat code.

Here is a simple patch which works for me.

cheers,
willy

--- ./sound/sound_core.c.orig	Wed Apr 30 15:11:14 2003
+++ ./sound/sound_core.c	Wed Apr 30 15:11:52 2003
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
 #include <linux/devfs_fs_kernel.h>
+#include <sound/driver.h>
 
 #define SOUND_STEP 16
 
On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 02:22:39PM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote:
> On Wed Apr 30, 2003 at 03:07:43PM -0500, David van Hoose wrote:
> > I'm getting an unresolved in soundcore.o that is preventing me from 
> > having sound.
> > /lib/modules/2.4.21-rc1/kernel/sound/soundcore.o: unresolved symbol 
> > devfs_remove
> > /lib/modules/2.4.21-rc1/kernel/sound/soundcore.o: insmod 
> > /lib/modules/2.4.21-rc1/kernel/sound/soundcore.o failed
> > /lib/modules/2.4.21-rc1/kernel/sound/soundcore.o: insmod snd-card-0 failed
> > 
> 
> It compiles for me, but I don't use devfs.  Perhaps there is
> a problem with the compatibility code in include/sound/adriver.h
> 
> > Can that be fixed?
> 
> I am certain it can.  But since it works for me and since I am
> moving this week (lots of packing to do) it may not be till sometime
> next week before I get the time to work further on it.