Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 17:08:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gabby.gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Frank J. Cameron" <cameron@ctcnsc.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Awfully OT Question. Message-ID: <20030603170704.H42396@gabby.gsicomp.on.ca> In-Reply-To: <1054672677.16083.26.camel@linux52.ctcnsc.org> References: <3EDCD34A.11462.73FFB5@localhost> <1054672677.16083.26.camel@linux52.ctcnsc.org>
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This was brought up a while ago (check the archives.) The answer was "porting ALSA to FreeBSD would be a bad idea", mainly becaue the sound system architecture that we have is much better than ALSA. Please refer to the archives for more details. On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Frank J. Cameron wrote: > FYI, There is a general questions list at freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. > > I actually know nothing about this; but, I would be surprised if this > was possible. FreeBSD does have its own driver pcm. Add "device pcm" > to your kernel config and reboot; it usually works pretty well for plug > and play cards (though I've never tried anything high-end or exotic). > > -frank > > On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 15:56, Mario Lobo wrote: > > Please forgive me for this terribly off-topic question but could anyone on this > > list point to me the proper direction on info to get the ALSA sound driver to > > work under FreeBSD (if that is at all possible!!)? I figured there are many > > kernel experts here who would an idea about this. > > > > I looked in the FreeBSD and ALSA sites and there is no mention of each other on > > neither. > > > > Again, sorry and Thanks! > -- > Frank J. Cameron <cameron@ctc.com> > Concurrent Technologies Corp. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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