[Alsa-user] Re: Installation help required on RedHat 7.1 (Kernel 2.4.2-2, soundcard als4000)

[Adam J. <ad...@yg...>]

On 12-Apr-02, kiran makam wrote:

> I came to know that in kernel 2.5 alsa has been
> integrated. If I install that kernel on my system,
> will all the existing rpms in redhat 7.1 (uses kernel
> 2.4.2-2) work.

Well, they *probably* will... but if you have to ask that question then
you *really* don't want to be installing a development-series kernel on
your machine.  (Not unless you're a fan of debugging your kernel...) 
Far easier (and safer!) just to install the latest 0.9 ALSA drivers on
top of 2.4.

2.5.x is the unstable development branch leading to 2.6 - this early in
the fork it's safe to say that you should only use it if you really
don't care about your filesystems. ;)
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