Intel ICH7 High Definition Audio - supported?

[Alexander Leidinger]

Quoting Luigi Rizzo <rizzo at icir.org> (from Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:54:30 -0800):

> On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 07:48:15AM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
>> Quoting Victor Loureiro Lima <victorloureirolima at gmail.com> (from Wed,
>> 24 Jan 2007 11:09:13 -0200):
>>
>> > 2007/1/24, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander at leidinger.net>:
>> >> Quoting Victor Loureiro Lima <victorloureirolima at gmail.com> (from Tue,
>> >> 23 Jan 2007 13:24:35 -0300):
>> >>
>> >> It is supported in FreeBSD-current, but not in FreeBSD-stable.
>> >
>> > Any change of it being incorporated into STABLE!?
>>
>> There are API changes in the sound system (e.g. different syscall
>> MIBs). So it is unlikely that there will be a straight MFC. And so far
>> nobody tried to do a partial MFC without the API changes (not time,
>> ...).
>
> i never understood this. Ariff has made the binary module mentioned
> available and i have used it with good success with all the
> standard apps. what is the problem, fear of incompatibility
> or really unresolved issues ?

See point 1 in UPDATING  
(http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/UPDATING.diff?r1=1.465&r2=1.466&f=h).

> now that we are just past a release it would be a good time
> to attempt an MFC and deal with issues that may arise.
> the more we wait, the harder it becomes.

We are lacking man-power...

Bye,
Alexander.

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