From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 20 16:15:41 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09FD66E1; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:15:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@yamagi.org) Received: from mail.yamagi.org (mail.yamagi.org [IPv6:2a01:4f8:121:2102:1::7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C22CF22D; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:15:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lennart-ws.pwag-local.de (unknown [212.48.125.109]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.yamagi.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9D7FE1666312; Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:15:39 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:15:38 +0100 From: Yamagi Burmeister To: kosio.dimitrov@gmail.com Subject: Re: snd_envy24{,ht} recording support? Message-Id: <20130320171538.2cb911b0c746db61556b60f3@yamagi.org> In-Reply-To: <20130320095947.GA18683@devbox.vnode.local> References: <20130313215327.d4d84624ddc07ca07b83a879@yamagi.org> <20130320085207.b21d890c59babbeea0431da9@yamagi.org> <20130320095947.GA18683@devbox.vnode.local> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.3.0 (GTK+ 2.24.17; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, bjk@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:15:41 -0000 On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:59:47 +0100 Joel Dahl wrote: > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 08:52:07AM +0100, Yamagi Burmeister wrote: > > On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:19:59 +0100 > > David Demelier wrote: > > > > > Unfortunately the snd_envy* drivers are very bad supported. It lacks a > > > lot of code to support the full card. I have had a card with a chip > > > that was *supported* (but not) by the driver and I didn't manage to > > > play any sound.. > > > > > > The current code of the driver is - I think - at early stages because > > > of lot of commented code so I guess the maintainer didn't have too > > > much time to spend on that. > > > > I don't think that we'll ever see a bigger update to the snd_env* > > family. I haven't seen Konstantin Dimitrov (the maintainer) for years, > > the link to the datasheets and documentation [1] is long dead and even > > the existing patches like kern/152378 weren't committed. > > Have you tried contacting Konstantin? The last (private) mail I received from > him was in July, 2011. He sent me a long mail about the state of the envy > drivers in FreeBSD. It's quite interesting, but I'd rather not publish it here > without his permission. Hello Konstantin, a few days ago a discussion over the snd_envy* driver family arose in multimedia@ [1]. It led to the question if you're still working on the drivers and if future updates can be expected. A short statement would be really appreciated. :) Ciao, Yamagi 1: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-multimedia/2013-March/013924.html -- Homepage: www.yamagi.org XMPP: yamagi@yamagi.org GnuPG/GPG: 0xEFBCCBCB