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Re: Which module should one use for sound on pmacs? (was: Re: debian-testing-powerpc-xfce+lxde, 7/26/10)



* Rogério Brito [100728 16:02 -0300]:
> Hi there.
> 
> On Jul 28 2010, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> > * Gombang Nan Cengka [100728 12:03 +0700]:
> > > 2010/7/28 Rogério Brito <rbrito@ime.usp.br>:
> > > > Perhaps we should kill the snd-* madness in Debian (at least)? Does
> > > > snd-aoa* actually work for a majority of users?
> > 
> > We should distribute what the Linux Kernel provides!
> 
> Right. I am CC'ing some people that can potentially have answers to this
> question. If you have any comments, it would be nice to get this sorted
> out for the distributions. :-)
> 
> >From a very quick look at the source code of snd-aoa, it seems that the
> chips supported are onyx, tas and toonie.
> 
> How should the distribution side of this be handled (say, with the
> automatic loading of the proper module) with machines that use, say,
> tumbler?
> 
> > > > It is my understanding that snd-powermac works for more users (almost
> > > > all?) of stock apple-based powerpcs and Linux.
> > > 
> > > Last I tried snd-aoa didn't work. (iBook G4 1,2 GHz) I have to use
> > > snd-powermac to get the sound working. I'm curious as well why it is
> > > so.
> > 
> > snd-aoa works great here on a PowerBook5,8 ;-)
> 
> OK, fine that it works for you. :-) It would be nice if it worked for
> many others, though. :-) What about snd-powermac, OTOH?

snd-powermac is useful for
AWACS, DACA, Burgundy, Tumbler, Keywest
and got some optimazations in alsa 1.0.23.

Elimar

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