ALSA 1.0.15 update test kernels available

[Adam Huffman]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007, Chuck Ebbert wrote:

> We are considering adding ALSA 1.0.15 to the Fedora 8 release. This
> would get us up-to-date with the latest audio drivers and fix many
> problems with audio drivers not working, or only partially working.
> 
> Test kernels for i686 and x86_64 are available at:
> 
>   http://people.redhat.com/cebbert/kernels/F8/
> 
> Also, kernel 2.6.23.1-36 has the update and is now building.
> 
> It would be very helpful if people would test these kernels and reply
> to this message with their experiences, so we can see if this update
> causes any problems.
> 

On my laptop with

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High
Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)

sound generally works, but with the 2.6.23.1-37.fc8 kernel I still see
occasional sound errors, particularly when playing AVIs e.g.

[AO_ALSA] Write error: Broken pipe-0.003 9249/9249  4%  0%  0.7% 3 0                                   
[AO_ALSA] Trying to reset soundcard.

These errors have been occurring for the past four or five kernels, so
the pre-date the ALSA change.