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Compiling Alsa Modules from Takashi Iwai’s GIT Repository

Download your current kernel headers: sudo aptitude install linux-headers-$(uname -r) If the command fails with “not found” error, install headers package appropriate for your running kernel. Or install whole kernel source by sudo apt-get source linux-image-$(uname -r) Download development software stack: sudo aptitude install kernel-package Clone git sound tree: git clone https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound.git If needed, switch to another branch: cd sound git checkout -b ak411x-fix remotes/origin/topic/ak411x-fix cd .. Clone git alsa-driver-build tree: git clone https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/alsa-driver-build.git Setup alsa kernel, configure, compile: cd alsa-driver-build.git/alsa utils/setup-alsa-kernel ../../sound ./gitcompile If your kernel headers are located in a different directory than /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r), specify the path … Continue reading

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