Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:37:52 +0100 From: Joel Dahl <joel@vnode.se> To: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, mav@freebsd.org, vermaden <vermaden@interia.pl> Subject: Re: kern/148741: [sound] Headphones are deaf (do not work) on Lenovo ThinkPad X300 Message-ID: <20121127073752.GF94814@jd.benders.se> In-Reply-To: <50B45C7F.9080502@rawbw.com> References: <201211261511.qAQFBYM6080933@freefall.freebsd.org> <zspehrmoaxgctrpfzanz@zwga> <50B45C7F.9080502@rawbw.com>
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On 26-11-2012 22:23, Yuri wrote: > On 11/26/2012 21:59, vermaden wrote:mav@FreeBSD.org: > >> Synopsis: [sound] Headphones are deaf (do not work) on Lenovo ThinkPad X300 > >> > >> State-Changed-From-To: open->closed > >> State-Changed-By: mav > >> State-Changed-When: Mon Nov 26 15:09:31 UTC 2012 > >> State-Changed-Why: > >> Proposed hints looks like overkill, but as far as it works, that is OK. > >> > >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=148741 > > Closing this PR is OK under one of these conditions: > > > > - LINK to that X300 specifical configuration/hack PR should be within FreeBSD Handbook. > > - Information for X300 specific configuration should be directly in the FreeBSD Handbook. > > Or there should be the quirks-like mechanism in hda driver incorporating > these hints on the device by device level. We had this in the hda driver before mav rewrote it. The rewrite was a definite improvement in most cases and it almost always works without user intervention now, but I still think we need some kind of quirks functionality. I don't buy the "hardware is obsolete in 6 months" argument. I have several 3+ years old laptops at home. All working great. Asking users to play around with device.hints just to get sound working (it's 2012 after all, not 1992...) isn't all that user-friendly. If someone manages to figure out the correct configuration for a specific laptop, we should make sure we pick it up and include it in the driver. This will save the next user with the same hardware at least a few gray hairs... -- Joel
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