From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 8 14:59:18 2000 From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 8 14:59:15 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from gate.mmrd.com (unknown [216.206.87.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66F4B37B6B4 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 14:58:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.0.100] by gate.mmrd.com for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG id RAA05972; Fri Dec 8 17:58:05 2000 Received: from eagle.mmrd.com (eagle.mmrd.com [10.8.0.51]) by thorn.mmrd.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA06803 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 17:58:57 -0500 Received: by eagle.mmrd.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 17:58:04 -0500 Received: from davepad.mmrd.com ([172.25.1.126]) by eagle.mmrd.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id YMX22K4Z; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 17:57:59 -0500 Message-Id: <5.0.0.25.2.20001208175645.01f84620@eagle.mmrd.com> X-Sender: mmrd/dave/dalderman@eagle.mmrd.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0 Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 17:59:15 -0500 Subject: Re: ESS Allegro (ESS1988/ESS1989) support In-Reply-To: <3A3081CD.14B0BA55@cequrux.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed To: gramster@bigfoot.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: Dave Alderman Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Let me guess... You have a Compaq Presario 1700 (or 17XLxxx), right? Is there any information on the Conexant chipset available that might assist in writing a driver? I found it difficult to find drivers for any OS, including the Redmond ones. At 08:38 AM 12/8/2000 +0200, Graham Wheeler wrote: >Hi all > >I was wondering if anyone is working on this? The Linux folk recently >released a driver as part of the ALSA sound project code. I thought I >might take a stab at porting that, but to be honest I'm out of my depth >when it comes to the FreeBSD sound subsystem - I should probablt >restrict my interest to getting an Ethernet driver working for the >Conexant LANfinity chipset in my laptop. > >But I would be interested to know if support is likely to come soon >(else I guess I'll be buying 4Front's OSS package in January when they >release a FreeBSD version with Allegro support). > >regards >Gram >-- >Dr Graham Wheeler E-mail: gram@cequrux.com >Director, Research and Development WWW: http://www.cequrux.com >CEQURUX Technologies Phone: +27(21)423-6065 >Firewalls/VPN Specialists Fax: +27(21)424-3656 > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message -- Dave Alderman Business: dave@mmrd.com Personal: dwald@earthlink.net Views stated yadda yadda employer yadda. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message