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Date:      Tue, 27 Dec 2005 01:56:28 +0200
From:      Vaida Bogdan <vaida.bogdan@gmail.com>
To:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>
Cc:        Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua>, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: fujitsu siemens no sound driver in sndstat
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References:  <20051220162205.P90277@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> <12848a3b0512201448x41196cd8o65616358485d119@mail.gmail.com> <20051221104847.N64938@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> <20051221125056.lx7xlyu1c0wgccww@netchild.homeip.net> <12848a3b0512210410k7924b81fvf3dfb865e6684069@mail.gmail.com>

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Seems it's only a matter of porting azalia to freebsd:
http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/#p-hda

Anyone into kernel programming?

On 12/21/05, Vaida Bogdan <vaida.bogdan@gmail.com> wrote:
> I heard (on some forum) someone tried an implementation on CURRENT...
> and I am also wondering about the difficuly of porting the drivers
> from netbsd...
> Has anyone tried that?
>
> On 12/21/05, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> wrote:
> > Dmitry Pryanishnikov <dmitry@atlantis.dp.ua> wrote:
> >
> > > for that engine, our haven't yet. Also, I don't like Intel's police
> > > to license all HDA implementations, read
> > >
> > >       http://www.intel.com/standards/hdaudio/
> > >
> > >    Implementation of the High Definition Audio Specification requires=
 a
> > >    license from Intel. Contributors to the High Definition Audio
> > >    Specification have signed the High Definition Audio (Azalia)
> > >    Developers Agreement and have provided input to the specification
> > >    under the terms outlined in that agreement. Implementers that have
> > >    signed the High Definition Audio Specification (Azalia) Adopter
> > >    Agreement are licensed to produce products based on the specificat=
ion
> > >    under a reciprocal, royalty-free license to certain intellectual
> > >    property rights from Intel and other Contributors and Adopters for
> > >    their products that are compliant with the licensed versions of th=
e
> > >    High Definition Audio Specification.
> > >
> > >  It sounds somehow restrictive, doesn't it? But NetBSD people have do=
ne it,
> > > so I think FreeBSD people should be able to do it also.
> >
> > I haven't reread it today, but at the time I read this for the first ti=
me I
> > did understand it as someone needs a license if he implements a device =
which
> > provides this interface, it's not about software which uses this interf=
ace.
> >
> > But I'm not a lawyer...
> >
> > Bye,
> > Alexander.
> >
> > --
> > http://www.Leidinger.net  Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID =3D B0063FE=
7
> > http://www.FreeBSD.org     netchild @ FreeBSD.org  : PGP ID =3D 7207713=
7
> > It's OBVIOUS ... The FURS never reached ISTANBUL ... You were an EXTRA
> > in the REMAKE of "TOPKAPI" ... Go home to your WIFE ... She's making
> > FRENCH TOAST!
> >
> >
> >
>



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