Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:25:27 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, Dennis Melentyev <dennis.melentyev@gmail.com>, Andrea Bittau <a.bittau@cs.ucl.ac.uk>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HDA sound driver mod for sigmatel 92xx Message-ID: <44BB9DD7.3040908@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0607171015240.134@sea.ntplx.net> References: <20060606124030.GA32057@shorty.sorbonet.org> <4485DA6D.9020304@centtech.com> <4485E199.7000604@centtech.com> <20060606205918.GA6765@shorty.sorbonet.org> <20060606231025.R50560@volatile.chemikals.org> <20060607073918.GB9245@shorty.sorbonet.org> <448CE5A0.70806@centtech.com> <20060709093252.S31266@volatile.chemikals.org> <20060709141724.GA33010@shorty.sorbonet.org> <20060717113622.7ee97e3a@localhost> <b84edfa10607170431w4d06c927n2a18436a89ed21c3@mail.gmail.com> <44BB77B9.5000302@centtech.com> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0607171015240.134@sea.ntplx.net>
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On 07/17/06 09:17, Daniel Eischen wrote: > On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Eric Anderson wrote: > >> On 07/17/06 06:31, Dennis Melentyev wrote: >>> 2006/7/17, Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net>: >>>> On Sun, 9 Jul 2006 15:17:24 +0100 >>>> Andrea Bittau <a.bittau@cs.ucl.ac.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>> > by the way, I got a version which should record stuff too: >>>> > http://darkircop.org/hdac-rec.tgz >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I downloaded and tried this last night . It works great, including >>>> with Skype >>>> (for me, main reason for having sound really :) ). Thanks!! >>>> >>> .... >>>> anyway, thanks for the code :) >>> Will this code be commited/MFC'ed into 6-STABLE? >>> I'd like to give it a try on my Dell Inspirion 1300 with a similar >>> SigmaTel 92xx chip. >>> >> >> I think this driver is considered a hack at this point, and if so, it >> won't ever be committed. It might become a real driver at some point, >> and then be committed, but at this stage I think it just barely >> works. :) > > That's funny, it works very well for me -- at least with mplayer. > Me too, but just because it works well, doesn't mean it's committable. If I recall, the original one was claimed as a hack, and the patches were made against it. I'm just saying what I recall, not that it is actually what will happen. It all goes to the people who have the commit bits, and core I'm sure. Me personally, I'd love for it to be part of the base, as long as it makes sense. It seems to be working ok for me too. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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