Re: State of the Linux PCI and PCI Hotplug Subsystems for 2.6.16-rc5

[Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>]

On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 06:18:36PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 00:05 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > > (pci-pci-quirk-for-asus-a8v-and-a8v-deluxe-motherboards.patch seems to
> > > >  be a candidate.)
> > > 
> > > Yes, if people really want it in I could send it, but I was just looking
> > > for "bugfixes only" at this late stage of the game.
> > 
> > It is a fix for a hardware bug, and IMHO 2.6.16 material (but I don't a 
> > very strong opinion on the latter).
> > 
> 
> This is the patch that re-enabled the onboard sound card when a second
> one is present?

Yes.

> That should not go in 2.6.16 - it's not a hardware bug but a (poor IMHO)
> design decision by the vendor.  And, it may break working setups when an
> extra sound device shows up.

Ah, good thing I held off :)

Any objections to it going in for 2.6.17?

thanks,

greg k-h
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