Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2024 18:53:58 +0100 From: Mathias Picker <Mathias.Picker@virtual-earth.de> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Development report #1] Audio Stack Improvements Message-ID: <867ckiz8rl.fsf@virtual-earth.de> In-Reply-To: <qa5hhdnc7d7zi2wptq7puoxyfzmo6xcgdi3zcoeu4evl2swxhl@f2sm2ljuuh6e> References: <qa5hhdnc7d7zi2wptq7puoxyfzmo6xcgdi3zcoeu4evl2swxhl@f2sm2ljuuh6e>
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Wow, thanks a lot! I'm not a big audio guy, but I use my laptop at different places=20 with different combinations of usb devices, it will be great to=20 know which is which without grepping through dmesg or sysctl=20 output :) Cheers, Mathias Christos Margiolis <christos@freebsd.org> writes: > The past (and first) week working on the audio stack, sponsored=20 > by the > FreeBSD Foundation, I: > > - Set up my development environment; a VM image running -CURRENT=20 > in > bhyve with PCI-passthru enabled to do all of the driver=20 > (kernel > generallly) development in the VM. > - Wrote a small series of patches for vmrun.sh: > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43269 > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43270 > - Modified the snd_uaudio(4) driver to provide information about=20 > the > sound card (manufacturer, model and attached driver), as=20 > opposed to > the current generic "USB Audio" string, so /dev/sndstat and=20 > programs > like mixer(8) can output more useful information about USB=20 > audio > devices. > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43347 > - Submitted a patch to update (and unify) the description format=20 > for all > sound devices, since some of them haven't been touched for=20 > years. > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43349 > - Implemented device_set_descf() , a printf-like version of > device_set_desc(). > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D43370 > - Was preparing a few more smaller patches. > - Started looking into possible solutions to > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D194727 > also mentioned in the first paragraph of the BUGS section of=20 > the > snd_uaudio(4) man page. > > Christos --=20 Mathias Picker=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20= =20=20=20=20 Gesch=C3=A4ftsf=C3=BChrer Mathias.Picker@virtual-earth.de virtual earth Gesellschaft f=C3=BCr Wissens re/pr=C3=A4 sentation mbH http://www.virtual-earth.de/ HRB126870 support@virtual-earth.de Westendstr. 142 089 / 1250 3943=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
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