[Cooker] alsa status and ideas

[Austin]

As it stands now, since we went to 2.4.23pre kernel, alsa drivers don't build.   
That's kinda okay since we don't ship an alsa-driver RPM, and the alsa CVS  
builds fine, so by the time 9.2 is out, so will the next alsa, and everyone  
will be happy.

As for the M-Audio Quattro USB sound interface that I paid so greatly for, it  
still doesn't work with our mega-patched alsa.  I built alsa-driver from cvs  
tonight and replaced ONLY the snd-usb-audio.o module from our 4mdk kernel.   
After a depmod, all works fine, so it's that module and nothing else that's  
causing the lockups.  It would be nice if it was fixed for 9.2 but it's truly  
way beyond me.  I only have a light understanding of C, and know nothing of  
kernel programming.

Anyway, I hope that helps a bit.
Austin
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                       Austin Acton Hon.B.Sc.
            Synthetic Organic Chemist, Teaching Assistant
          Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto
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