Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 11:33:02 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon <yongari@rndsoft.co.kr> To: Mathew Kanner <mat@cnd.mcgill.ca> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Project Weevil [was: maestro3 hardware volume control] Message-ID: <20050531023302.GC4879@rndsoft.co.kr> In-Reply-To: <20050530141539.GC23457@cnd.mcgill.ca> References: <4298F0AB.2090404@ebs.gr> <20050530032202.GC892@rndsoft.co.kr> <429A8DE9.10702@samsco.org> <20050530141539.GC23457@cnd.mcgill.ca>
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On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 10:15:40AM -0400, Mathew Kanner wrote: > On May 29, Scott Long wrote: > > Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > > >On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 01:28:59AM +0300, Panagiotis Astithas wrote: > > > > It might be possible to examine the system SMBIOS table for the make and > > model of the system and use them as keys for a quirk table. Of course > > it will only work for systems like laptops that have the M3 or A1 chip > > embedded. sigh. I think that this all works in the Windows world > > because the hardware maker provides a driver that is customized > > appropriately. > > Sorry about hijacking this but what a opportune moment... > Project Evil provides %75 of the infrastructure (the hard > stuff no less) of what is needed to get audio drivers off the ground. > Anybody want to start of proof of concept? Perfect use for > those CDs that came with your motherboard. > I don't know whether it's possible or not. I have no experience of ndiscvt(8). Personally, I don't like to use Windows drivers as it severely limits the driver to x86 based architectures. I think Linux supports wide-ranges of audio hardwares than that of FreeBSD. If we can pour our time on reading Linux driver we would get better audio support, IMO. > --Mat -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon http://www.kr.freebsd.org/~yongari | yongari@freebsd.org
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