From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECE902BF07 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:56:01 +1100 (EST) From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Sven Luther In-Reply-To: <20041223062515.GB4546@pegasos> References: <1103739194.5316.1.camel@gaston> <1103740513.29974.0.camel@gaston> <20041223062515.GB4546@pegasos> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:55:02 +0100 Message-Id: <1103784902.29975.4.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: linuxppc-dev list , "debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix Alsa issues including Oopses with OSS emulation List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 07:25 +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 07:35:13PM +0100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 19:13 +0100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > This patch (which will be send upstream separately by the Alsa folks) fixes > > > an signed vs. unsigned char problem in Alsa which was the cause of the Oops > > > people were experiencing on ppc with OSS emulation and possibly other issues. > > > > Ok, actually, the one that will be commited upstream is a bit different, > > here it is: > > Ben, i suppose this one is for inclusion in the debian kernel too, do you > think you could send such patches as bug reports against kernel-source-2.6.8 > package, or to debian-kernel also ? Wherever as long as it gets into the debian kernel packages. I doesn't affect ppc only (any arch with unsigned char by default) Ben.