From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Jun 18 5:10:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from totem.fix.no (totem.fix.no [213.142.66.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B5E237B92E for ; Sun, 18 Jun 2000 05:10:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from anders@totem.fix.no) Received: by totem.fix.no (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3CECF5737; Sun, 18 Jun 2000 14:12:51 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 14:12:50 +0200 From: Anders Nordby To: kdulzo@gerp.org Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ESS 1969 sound support? Message-ID: <20000618141250.A39729@totem.fix.no> References: <20000616144239.A7506@caffeine.gerp.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <20000616144239.A7506@caffeine.gerp.org>; from kdulzo@caffeine.gerp.org on Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 02:42:39PM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE X-Warning: Listen, and thou shall not fear. Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 02:42:39PM -0500, Kevin M. Dulzo wrote: >> There was a patch by Takanori Watanabe that got the thing >> recognised with the mixer working but no PCM. Unfortunately it no longer >> applies cleanly. > It was a minor fix to add a NULL argument to the attach function > if I remember correctly. Is there any chance anyone would commit the mixer > only portion of the ESS Maestro driver to -STABLE or -CURRENT (it may be > already I do not follow it anymore) I have been using it for at least 6 > months with nary a problem except whin I forget to patch before I > buildkernel. My hope would be some semblance of a driver presence might > push someone more attuned to sound card dev than I into finishing up > the codec portions. I have looked at this and it is well beyond my current > scope and timeframe. I remember noting a number of Inspiron users speaking > on the lists in the past, and I believe they all use this chipset. I use a Dell Latitude CPt V466GT, and it has a ESS Maestro 2E chipset as well. I've been using the mixer patches mentioned for quite some time, and it would be nice if those could be included in -STABLE as well as (if possible) -CURRENT. Hopefully then, somebody one day will complete the driver. :-) -- Anders. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message