Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:37:13 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: pfg@freebsd.org Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, joel@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r229981 - in head/sys: conf dev/sound/pci gnu/dev/sound/pci modules/sound/driver/emu10kx Message-ID: <157C90FE-FB2E-4710-881E-70C47A5C08B9@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1326396803.27040.YahooMailClassic@web113506.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <1326396803.27040.YahooMailClassic@web113506.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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On Jan 12, 2012, at 11:33 AM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > Hello; >=20 > --- Gio 12/1/12, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> ha scritto: >=20 >> Da: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> >> Oggetto: Re: svn commit: r229981 - in head/sys: conf dev/sound/pci = gnu/dev/sound/pci modules/sound/driver/emu10kx >> A: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfg@freebsd.org> >> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, = svn-src-head@freebsd.org, joel@freebsd.org >> Data: Gioved=EC 12 gennaio 2012, 07:43 >> On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 >> 4:17:14 pm Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: >>> Author: pfg >>> Date: Wed Jan 11 21:17:14 2012 >>> New Revision: 229981 >>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/229981 >>>=20 > ... =20 >>> The emu10kx driver is now free from the GPL. >>> =20 >>> PR: 153901 >>> Tested by: mav, joel >>> Approved by: jhb (mentor) >>> MFC after: 2 weeks >>=20 >> Is the emu10kx driver a superset of em10k1 now (meaning >> does it support all >> the em10k1 devices and should em10k1 be retired)? >>=20 >=20 > Both device drivers seem to have diverged significantly > and while emu10kx seems to be superior, some people still > have problems with it: >=20 > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?201201100024.q0A0OF24069073 >=20 > so I suggest we keep both at least for a while. >=20 >> Also, it seems we should definitely add 'snd_emu10kx' to >> GENERIC on x86 and possible 'snd_emu10k1'. >>=20 SB Audigy chipsets are also treated differently for both cases. = My Audigy 4 card for instance is detected with both drivers, but only = the 10kx driver works with the card; similarly IIRC there are some = things that work with the 10k1 driver that don't work the same with the = 10kx. So while this would be nice to have, I'm not sure if it's an = effective use of FreeBSD's time to invest in as these chipsets are = effectively obsolete. Thanks! -Garrett=
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