Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:44:38 -0500 From: Doug Lee <dgl@dlee.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD support of RealTek sound chips (HP box)? Message-ID: <20041213174438.GK906@kirk.dlee.org>
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I recently encountered an HP computer with what I regard as a unique built-in sound system based on RealTek chips: It breaks out (under Windows XP anyway) into five devices: one playback device and four recording devices. Most sound systems present one device with both record and playback channels. Since FreeBSD seems to have trouble in many cases with simultaneous record and playback on the same device, I thought this might actually be a significant benefit under FreeBSD compared to more conventional chipsets... but it would be difficult to test my theory on this, the only such box I have seen. I'm asking the list because, if this works, I'll probably buy a box just like it for myself. Please Cc me directly. -- Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org Bartimaeus Group doug@bartsite.com http://www.bartsite.com "The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it."--Theodore Roosevelt
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