Author: luther
Date: 2004-12-26 04:35:36 -0700 (Sun, 26 Dec 2004)
New Revision: 2058
Added:
trunk/kernel/source/kernel-source-2.6.8-2.6.8/debian/patches/alsa-signed-fix.dpatch
Modified:
trunk/kernel/source/kernel-source-2.6.8-2.6.8/debian/changelog
trunk/kernel/source/kernel-source-2.6.8-2.6.8/debian/patches/series/2.6.8-11
Log:
Added patch to fix alsa signed-vs-unsigned bug which plagged powerpc users and maybe others.
Modified: trunk/kernel/source/kernel-source-2.6.8-2.6.8/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/kernel/source/kernel-source-2.6.8-2.6.8/debian/changelog 2004-12-26 11:17:32 UTC (rev 2057)
+++ trunk/kernel/source/kernel-source-2.6.8-2.6.8/debian/changelog 2004-12-26 11:35:36 UTC (rev 2058)
@@ -80,8 +80,12 @@
- Fix cg6 framebuffer initialization.
- fix up VM fault code handling
- -- Joshua Kwan <joshk@triplehelix.org> Fri, 24 Dec 2004 14:33:09 -0800
+ * Added patch which fixes an signed vs. unsigned char problem in Alsa
+ which was the cause of the Oops people were experiencing on ppc with
+ OSS emulation and possibly other issues. (Sven Luther)
+ -- Sven Luther <luther@debian.org> Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:29:39 +0100
+
kernel-source-2.6.8 (2.6.8-10) unstable; urgency=high
* Fix missing backport of ssleep declaration so that new aic7xxx works.
Copied: trunk/kernel/source/kernel-source-2.6.8-2.6.8/debian/patches/alsa-signed-fix.dpatch (from rev 2056, trunk/kernel/source/kernel-source-2.6.8-2.6.8/debian/patches/powerpc-pegasos.dpatch)
===================================================================
--- trunk/kernel/source/kernel-source-2.6.8-2.6.8/debian/patches/powerpc-pegasos.dpatch 2004-12-25 18:24:15 UTC (rev 2056)
+++ trunk/kernel/source/kernel-source-2.6.8-2.6.8/debian/patches/alsa-signed-fix.dpatch 2004-12-26 11:35:36 UTC (rev 2058)
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#! /bin/sh -e
+##
+## All lines beginning with `## DP:' are a description of the patch.
+## DP: Description: fixes an signed vs. unsigned char problem in Alsa which
+## DP: Description: was the cause of the Oops people were experiencing on ppc
+## DP: Description: with OSS emulation and possibly other issues.
+## DP: Patch author: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
+## DP: Upstream status: will be sent upstream by the alsa folk.
+
+. $(dirname $0)/DPATCH
+
+@DPATCH@
+--- linux/sound/core/pcm_misc.c 8 Jun 2004 16:57:28 -0000 1.12
++++ linux/sound/core/pcm_misc.c 22 Dec 2004 18:07:29 -0000 1.14
+@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@
+ #include <sound/pcm.h>
+ #define SND_PCM_FORMAT_UNKNOWN (-1)
+
++/* NOTE: "signed" prefix must be given below since the default char is
++ * unsigned on some architectures!
++ */
+ struct pcm_format_data {
+- char width; /* bit width */
+- char phys; /* physical bit width */
+- char le; /* 0 = big-endian, 1 = little-endian, -1 = others */
+- char signd; /* 0 = unsigned, 1 = signed, -1 = others */
++ unsigned char width; /* bit width */
++ unsigned char phys; /* physical bit width */
++ signed char le; /* 0 = big-endian, 1 = little-endian, -1 = others */
++ signed char signd; /* 0 = unsigned, 1 = signed, -1 = others */
+ unsigned char silence[8]; /* silence data to fill */
+ };
+
Modified: trunk/kernel/source/kernel-source-2.6.8-2.6.8/debian/patches/series/2.6.8-11
===================================================================
--- trunk/kernel/source/kernel-source-2.6.8-2.6.8/debian/patches/series/2.6.8-11 2004-12-26 11:17:32 UTC (rev 2057)
+++ trunk/kernel/source/kernel-source-2.6.8-2.6.8/debian/patches/series/2.6.8-11 2004-12-26 11:35:36 UTC (rev 2058)
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@
+ sparc32-sun4d-support.dpatch
+ sparc32-hypersparc-dvma.dpatch
+ sparc32-vm-fault-codes.dpatch
++ alsa-signed-fix.dpatch