From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 27 03:38:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 198AA16A4CE for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 03:38:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msg.vodafone.pt (msg.vodafone.pt [212.18.167.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FD8C43D46 for ; Thu, 27 May 2004 03:38:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nc41530a@vizzavi.pt) Received: from smtp.vodafone.pt ([172.16.10.5]) by msg.vodafone.pt with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Thu, 27 May 2004 11:37:35 +0100 Received: from [212.18.162.83] (helo=henriquesb) by smtp.vodafone.pt with asmtp (MSGVFM02 SMTP) id 1BTIGV-0005Cu-5e; Thu, 27 May 2004 11:37:35 +0100 References: Message-ID: To: dnelson@allantgroup.com From: Bruno Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 11:36:54 +0100 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera7.23/Win32 M2 build 3227 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 May 2004 10:37:35.0401 (UTC) FILETIME=[9FAA3190:01C443D6] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Porting ALSA drivers to OSS may be easy, according to OSS ;) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 10:38:25 -0000 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. >