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Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:17:20 GMT (envelope-from git) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:17:20 GMT Message-Id: <202504141517.53EFHKwu063143@gitrepo.freebsd.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org From: Christos Margiolis Subject: git: 20a50568c3 - main - Status/2025Q1/audio.adoc: Add report List-Id: Commit messages for all branches of the doc repository List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-doc-all List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: dev-commits-doc-all@freebsd.org Sender: owner-dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: christos X-Git-Repository: doc X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/main X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 20a50568c34dc2f1dcc85ca4b22d33dd5f72fdbb Auto-Submitted: auto-generated The branch main has been updated by christos: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=20a50568c34dc2f1dcc85ca4b22d33dd5f72fdbb commit 20a50568c34dc2f1dcc85ca4b22d33dd5f72fdbb Author: Christos Margiolis AuthorDate: 2025-03-26 18:29:08 +0000 Commit: Christos Margiolis CommitDate: 2025-04-14 15:16:39 +0000 Status/2025Q1/audio.adoc: Add report Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Reviewed by: salvadore, Chris Moerz Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D49524 --- .../en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/audio.adoc | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/audio.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/audio.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d4fb6b1d54 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/audio.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +=== Audio Stack Improvements + +Contact: Christos Margiolis + +I have been working on the audio stack since 2024Q1. Below is a list of the previous status reports: + +* link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-01-2024-03/#_audio_stack_improvements[2024Q1] +* link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-04-2024-06/#_audio_stack_improvements[2024Q2] +* link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-07-2024-09/#_audio_stack_improvements[2024Q3] +* link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-10-2024-12/#_audio_stack_improvements[2024Q4] + +Important work since link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-10-2024-12/#_audio_stack_improvements[last report]: + +* Large refactor in man:sound[4]'s format conversion framework: link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=433e270f341cf660b2fe125c2e0f733073829188[433e270f341c]. + Further simplifications and refactors in the rest of the processing chain. +* Implemented link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=e1bbaa71d62c8681a576f9f5bedf475c7541bd35[AFMT_FLOAT] support. +* More out-of-the-box laptop support, especially Framework models. +* Virtual channels are now allocated on-demand: link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=02d4eeabfd73e6a827f5d42601e99aad92060b04[02d4eeabfd73] +* Re-implementing `/dev/dsp` as a virtual/router device: link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D49216[D49216]. + Apart from the standalone benefits of this change, it will also help us improve automatic sound redirection in man:snd_hda[4]. +* More man:sound[4] cleanups, fixes and improvements. +* New virtual_oss release: https://github.com/freebsd/virtual_oss/releases/tag/v1.3.2 +* Got my audio-related BSDCan 2025 talk proposal accepted. +* Put porting SOF to FreeBSD on the backburner for now. + See link:https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-multimedia/2025-March/002889.html[here] for an explanation. +* In contact with potential GSOC students interested in link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas#Port_virtual_oss_to_base[porting virtual_oss to base]. + +Future work includes: + +* Finish currently open tasks. +* More bug fixes, support, optimizations and general improvements, in all areas of the sound stack. +* Get back to link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D46227[audio(8)] +* Implement a generic MIDI layer, similar to pcm/, and improve/modernize the MIDI codebase in general. + +You can also follow the development process in link:https://lists.freebsd.org/subscription/freebsd-multimedia[freebsd-multimedia@], where I post regular reports. + +Sponsor: The FreeBSD Foundation