Re: Bug#985696: debian-installer: Speech synthesis and Intel SOF firmware
On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 02:40:20PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Asking debian-kernel about firmwares: is the firmware-intel-sound
> package needed for getting sound on some hardware?
>
It looks as if it's needed on some newer Intel laptops and desktops at least,
yes
> Do you know if arm64 has some platforms which require such kind of sound
> firmwares?
>
Almost all arm64 platforms don't have sound inbuilt: on a Raspberry Pi,
the drivers needed are in the Raspberry Pi firmware package which is
required for the Raspberry Pi to boot. On others, it would be in a
.dtb file, I think.
Raspberry Pis have a concept of hardware as an add on board called a Hat
- the drivers for these could be anything.
All the very best, as ever,
Andy Cater
> Samuel
>
> Samuel Thibault, le lun. 14 févr. 2022 12:55:15 +0100, a ecrit:
> > Arnaud Rebillout, le lun. 22 mars 2021 17:30:30 +0700, a ecrit:
> > > some recent Intel sound cards require a firmware to work. This firmware
> > > is packaged under 'firmware-sof-signed'. For reference, you might want
> > > to look at the ITP [1].
> > >
> > > I tried it with my laptop. What happens is that the installer gets stuck
> > > straight from the beginning, prior it can show any kind of GUI. All I
> > > get is a black scree with the lines:
> > >
> > > Please wait while we probe your sound card(s)...
> >
> > Could you try with the following image:
> >
> > https://people.debian.org/~sthibault/tmp/debian-sid-amd64-NETINST-1.iso
> >
> > It's supposed to have the firmware available for loading before speech
> > starts.
> >
> > Samuel
>
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