From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jun 8 10:11:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA24575 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 10:11:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sos.freebsd.dk (sos.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA24552; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 10:11:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sos@sos.freebsd.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by sos.freebsd.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA00303; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 19:11:10 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sos) Message-Id: <199806081711.TAA00303@sos.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: Switching sound drivers (was Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/isa/snd ad1848.c sb_dsp.c sound.c) In-Reply-To: <199806081432.QAA16220@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> from Luigi Rizzo at "Jun 8, 98 04:32:07 pm" To: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it (Luigi Rizzo) Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 19:11:10 +0200 (CEST) Cc: sos@FreeBSD.ORG, eivind@yes.no, jkh@time.cdrom.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG From: Søren Schmidt Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In reply to Luigi Rizzo who wrote: > ... > > Hmm, we will loose the ability to run popular Linux games then, as > > they use the mmap etc functionality in the VoxWare derived sound > > we can adopt a soft approach -- just move LINT, GENERIC etc to the new > driver and leave the old one in the source tree. > > The day will come soon when there will be no audio cards on the market > compatible with the old driver and we'll have solved the problem :) Hmm, I have a brand new one here based on the ESS1869 chip, it works with the old drivers, but is totally dumb and speachless with yours :) > > drivers and Luigi's driver hasn't got that support, nor is it in > > his plans AFAIK ... > > Speaking of mmapped stuff, it is not that hard to add support for it > (i'd say 80% of the code is already there, including the basic mmap > calls; one only needs to play with syncronization information). > Support for it will come when we find someone who understands what the mmap > code should do (i suspect it resembles the microsoft audio api), > and has code to test the thing. I am more than willing to help with the > details, but no volunteers shows up... I have an app that can test it, oh yes.... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team Even more code to hack -- will it ever end .. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message