[linux-audio-user] IRQ conflicts, acpi, and linux audio

[Lee Revell]

On Sun, 2005-11-20 at 12:28 -0500, Dave Phillips wrote:
> Lee Revell wrote:
> 
> >On Sun, 2005-11-20 at 02:28 +0000, Tim Blechmann wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>>You won't get a lot of help from the open source community if you
> >>>insist on loading proprietary kernel modules.  The FIRST thing you
> >>>should do if you're trying to optimize your system is don't load any
> >>>binary only kernel modules!!!
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>well, better a working closed-source driver, than no driver at all..
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >The nvidia driver is only necessary for hardware accelerated 3D which
> >doesn't have much use on an audio box.
> >
> >  
> >
> Unless you're using Pd + GEM, of course.
> 
> Or if you happen to like the OpenGL spectral display in Snd.
> 
> Windows users would point out CsoundAV as well.

As long as you realize that you're trading those bells and whistles for
a completely undebuggable setup, feel free.  It's not "license Nazism"
as someone else suggested - we have NO IDEA what the nvidia driver is
doing thus we CANNOT help you with any kernel problem at all.

Lee