From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 10:46:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 10:45:55 -0500 Received: from ns.caldera.de ([212.34.180.1]:4361 "EHLO ns.caldera.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 10:45:44 -0500 Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 16:45:37 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Martin Laberge Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: 2.4.0 - sndstat not present Message-ID: <20010108164536.A4257@caldera.de> Mail-Followup-To: Martin Laberge , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <200101081518.QAA01381@ns.caldera.de> <3A59DD1F.E1CB0B0F@videotron.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <3A59DD1F.E1CB0B0F@videotron.ca>; from mlsoft@videotron.ca on Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 10:30:39AM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 10:30:39AM -0500, Martin Laberge wrote: > the reference to sndstat and /proc/sound was found in > > drivers/sound/soundcard.c IIRC it is only in the changelogs - and I don't want to play Big Brother on source files ... > thanks for your lights on this topic... > > is there nothing i can use anymore to check existence of sound drivers > in kernel... Nothing sound specific, no. > > these informations were very valuables when i was configuring my cards > for the first time... sometimes the driver loaded but do not appeared in > sndstat > then i was able to change my configuration according to what i see in > sndstat... The problem is that the PCI drivers don't support this feature anymore. Not sure wether ALSA, which will bring a unified (in-kernel) sound-API again has such a feature. Christoph -- Of course it doesn't work. We've performed a software upgrade. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/