Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 11:36:54 +0100 From: Bruno <nc41530a@vizzavi.pt> To: dnelson@allantgroup.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Porting ALSA drivers to OSS may be easy, according to OSS ;) Message-ID: <opr8nmfsyft0juqe@mail.vodafone.pt> In-Reply-To: <B4D60346E703294DA538D87FEC76C4A812A054@VFPT-MX003.vf-pt.internal.vodafone.com> References: <B4D60346E703294DA538D87FEC76C4A812A054@VFPT-MX003.vf-pt.internal.vodafone.com>
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Well, I looked here: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pcm&sektion=4 Instead of here: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.2.1R/hardware-i386.html#AEN1101 http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.10R/hardware-i386.html#AEN1762 I haven't tried FreeBSD for a long time (before SB Live! was supported) but I knew my SB Live! is supported for some time now. I also have read comments from others about sound support on FreeBSD, and when I compared the supported cards on the pcm man page with the commercial OSS and ALSA supported cards I felt they were right. But I'm much happier now that I know I've searched the wrong places and FreeBSD supports much more soundcards that I could have imagined. I can't remember which is the soundcard in the old Compaq Presario laptop my wife has. But my desktop will migrate in a few days. Thanks for the quick answer :) Bruno BTW, you're right about the drivers, I haven't understood it the first time (OSS API != OSS drivers). > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Nelson [mailto:dnelson@allantgroup.com] > Sent: quarta-feira, 26 de Maio de 2004 20:30 > To: Bruno > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Porting ALSA drivers to OSS may be easy, according to OSS > ;) > > > In the last episode (May 26), Bruno said: >> I know FreeBSD is mainly conceived as a performance server OS and >> lacks in the multimedia field when compared with Linux which is much >> more generic. >> >> But in terms of sound I think the scenario could change easily: you >> don't have ALSA drivers but according to this post it's possible to >> convert ALSA drivers into free OSS drivers: >> >> http://www.4front-tech.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=48#48 >> >> This could mean reduced need for commercial OSS driver support :) And >> of course there may be licensing issues. >> >> Not really my problem since I have a SB Live!, but this could easily >> improve FreeBSD image on the multimedia *NIX field :) > > Are there very many cards not supported by FreeBSD? Note that OSS can > mean two things: drivers provided by 4front, or a userland API for > playing sound. FreeBSD's sound system provides an OSS API, but is not > OSS internally. Porting a Linux ALSA driver to FreeBSD is probably > about as easy as porting a Linux OSS driver. >
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