From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 11 06:20:13 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0085F37B401 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 06:20:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0737943FDD for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 06:20:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h3BDKBUp004050 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 06:20:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h3BDKBN6004046; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 06:20:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 06:20:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200304111320.h3BDKBN6004046@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: "Jesse Riddle" Subject: Re: kern/40155: No sound on Presario 700 laptop's ac97 codec. (VIA82C686) X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jesse Riddle List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:20:13 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/40155; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Jesse Riddle" To: , Cc: Subject: Re: kern/40155: No sound on Presario 700 laptop's ac97 codec. (VIA82C686) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 08:13:27 -0400 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C30002.3B03B860 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Jesse again. I got sound working the next day (Jul 4, 2002) by very = cheaply hacking in the Linux patch code into the AC97 codec. Many very = gracious people have sent me their own versions of the hack, for which I = am thankful. However, I do believe that a better solution need be = presented, as opposed to simply a cheap hack. I like the way the = FreeBSD sound subsystem is arranged. I'm generally a neophyte at = kernel-level programming, but I noticed that hardware-dependent code and = hardware-independent code seemed to be seperate. You guys do very nice = work. ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C30002.3B03B860 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi, Jesse again.  I got sound = working the next=20 day (Jul 4, 2002) by very cheaply hacking in the Linux patch code into = the AC97=20 codec.  Many very gracious people have sent me their own versions = of the=20 hack, for which I am thankful.  However, I do believe that a better = solution need be presented, as opposed to simply a cheap hack.  I = like the=20 way the FreeBSD sound subsystem is arranged. I'm generally a = neophyte at=20 kernel-level programming, but I noticed that hardware-dependent code and = hardware-independent code seemed to be seperate.  You guys do = very=20 nice work.
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