From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 20 12:24:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 215B616A4EC for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 12:24:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from rdsnet.ro (smtp.rdsnet.ro [62.231.74.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BAFC43D64 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2004 12:24:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from itetcu@apropo.ro) Received: (qmail 19113 invoked from network); 20 Jan 2004 20:24:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro) (81.196.25.19) by mail.rdsnet.ro with SMTP; 20 Jan 2004 20:24:35 -0000 Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 22:26:02 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu To: gilrain Message-Id: <20040120222602.04ee8560@it.buh.cameradicommercio.ro> In-Reply-To: <400D1A53.1010504@lunarpolicy.net> References: <400D1A53.1010504@lunarpolicy.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Generic sound? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 20:24:40 -0000 On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 06:08:51 -0600 gilrain wrote: > Hi all, > > Just got my 5.2-RELEASE installation up and running. My sound card > (Realtek onboard sound: ALC650) isn't supported, and from searching > Google it looks like there aren't any drivers. > > I was wondering (hoping!) that I could still get basic functionality > with some kind of generic driver. Like how my Radeon 9800Pro isn't > supported, but I can still get the basics by using the "vesa" driver. Is > there something like that for soundcards? Well, what cipset does your card have ? I have a Gigabyte GA-7VT600L KT600/8237 with ALC655 and I'm using: itetcu@it> /root/bin [22:17:25] 0 # kldstat | grep snd 2 1 0xc09e0000 5d2c snd_via8233.ko 3 2 0xc09e6000 1e58c snd_pcm.ko which work usually ok without vchans at least for playback (I haven't tried anything else). itetcu@it> /root/bin [22:17:52] 1 # sysctl hw.snd hw.snd.targetirqrate: 32 hw.snd.report_soft_formats: 1 hw.snd.verbose: 1 hw.snd.unit: 0 hw.snd.maxautovchans: 0 hw.snd.pcm0.buffersize: 4096 hw.snd.pcm0.vchans: 0 hw.snd.pcm0.spdif_enabled: 0 itetcu@it> /root/bin [22:18:53] 1 # pciconf -vl | grep -A4 pcm pcm0@pci0:17:5: class=0x040100 card=0xa0021458 chip=0x30591106 rev=0x60 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc' device = 'VT8233/33A AC97 Enhanced Audio Controller' class = multimedia subclass = audio itetcu@it> /root/bin [22:24:10] 0 # cat /dev/sndstat FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Installed devices: pcm0: at io 0xe400 irq 22 (5p/1r/0v channels duplex default) -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user