From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 26 13:53:56 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A423F16A456 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:53:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from harrycoin@qconline.com) Received: from mail.qconline.com (mail.qconline.com [204.176.110.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43EDA43D45 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:53:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from harrycoin@qconline.com) Received: from devoffice.qconline.com (unverified [64.4.171.82]) by mail.qconline.com (Vircom SMTPRS 3.1.302.0) with ESMTP id for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:53:55 -0500 Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20050826084734.01f78508@mail.qconline.com> X-Sender: harrycoin@mail.qconline.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:53:46 -0500 To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org From: Harry Coin In-Reply-To: <20050826120035.6FADB16A438@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: Re: quality soundcard X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:53:56 -0000 > >Message: 11 >Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 06:47:03 -0400 >From: Damian Gerow >Subject: Re: quality soundcard >Thus spake Michael Nottebrock (lofi@freebsd.org) [26/08/05 01:49]: >: > That being said, I'd really like to get native drivers for it. So I'll >: > prod again: is there anyone I can speak to about getting these drivers >: > written? >: >: I still keep http://people.freebsd.org/~lofi/envy24.tar.gz (unfinished, >: non-working driver, not by me) and >http://people.freebsd.org/~lofi/envy24.pdf >: around, in case someone wants to take that driver and finish it. In it's >: current form, it doesn't even compile, but the fixes to make it compile are >: rather trivial. The fixes necessary to make it *work* however are not >and way >: over my head. > >And on top of that, I do have more documents at my disposal that should make >writing a driver fairly easy, for someone who knows how. > >But, like Michael, the work necessary is way over my head. I added 'sound engineer' level support for a popular older chip (complete with amp analog and digital db references, total access to all signal paths on the chip, etc.) a while ago and contributed it, but as I haven't heard anything more about it (and I don't see it as part of the system now) either I screwed up some royal way I am unaware of, or sound and video support really just are not a priority for freebsd-niks. I even wrote a man page for it. Now, I'm new to all this *nix world and though I've spent a career writing drivers for fussy chips it's my first go at freebsd, so maybe I have violated some technical or social rule I just didn't know about and that's why things are as they are. But, if the traffic on list multi-media list is any indication, over against the traffic on other lists, multimedia on freebsd seems a bit of a lower-interest arena. Harry