From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 31 02:33:02 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2CB416A41C for ; Tue, 31 May 2005 02:33:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from yongari@rndsoft.co.kr) Received: from rndsoft.co.kr (michelle.rndsoft.co.kr [211.32.202.209]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08AA543D1D for ; Tue, 31 May 2005 02:33:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from yongari@rndsoft.co.kr) Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 5491, pid: 5492, t: 1.0161s scanners:none Received: from unknown (HELO michelle.rndsoft.co.kr) (192.168.5.90) by 0 with SMTP; 31 May 2005 02:30:29 +0900 Received: from michelle.rndsoft.co.kr (localhost.rndsoft.co.kr [127.0.0.1]) by michelle.rndsoft.co.kr (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j4V2X8pw005442 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 31 May 2005 11:33:08 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from yongari@rndsoft.co.kr) Received: (from yongari@localhost) by michelle.rndsoft.co.kr (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j4V2X2W3005441; Tue, 31 May 2005 11:33:02 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from yongari@rndsoft.co.kr) Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 11:33:02 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon To: Mathew Kanner Message-ID: <20050531023302.GC4879@rndsoft.co.kr> References: <4298F0AB.2090404@ebs.gr> <20050530032202.GC892@rndsoft.co.kr> <429A8DE9.10702@samsco.org> <20050530141539.GC23457@cnd.mcgill.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050530141539.GC23457@cnd.mcgill.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamDetector 1.00 (2004-01-11) on Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Project Weevil [was: maestro3 hardware volume control] X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: yongari@rndsoft.co.kr List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 02:33:02 -0000 On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 10:15:40AM -0400, Mathew Kanner wrote: > On May 29, Scott Long wrote: > > Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > > >On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 01:28:59AM +0300, Panagiotis Astithas wrote: > > > > It might be possible to examine the system SMBIOS table for the make and > > model of the system and use them as keys for a quirk table. Of course > > it will only work for systems like laptops that have the M3 or A1 chip > > embedded. sigh. I think that this all works in the Windows world > > because the hardware maker provides a driver that is customized > > appropriately. > > Sorry about hijacking this but what a opportune moment... > Project Evil provides %75 of the infrastructure (the hard > stuff no less) of what is needed to get audio drivers off the ground. > Anybody want to start of proof of concept? Perfect use for > those CDs that came with your motherboard. > I don't know whether it's possible or not. I have no experience of ndiscvt(8). Personally, I don't like to use Windows drivers as it severely limits the driver to x86 based architectures. I think Linux supports wide-ranges of audio hardwares than that of FreeBSD. If we can pour our time on reading Linux driver we would get better audio support, IMO. > --Mat -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon http://www.kr.freebsd.org/~yongari | yongari@freebsd.org