OSEC

Neohapsis is currently accepting applications for employment. For more information, please visit our website www.neohapsis.com or email hr@neohapsis.com
Re: "VIA Announces Strategic Open Source Driver Development Initiative"

From: Jacob Meuser (jakemsrsdf.lonestar.org)
Date: Wed Apr 09 2008 - 19:08:26 CDT


On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 01:11:47AM +0200, Zbigniew Baniewski wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 10:49:07PM +0000, Jacob Meuser wrote:
>
> > > So, perhaps the best audio-option would be something using VIA Envy24(HT) -
> > > which is reportedly better than Audigy(2)? Time to swap?
> >
> > envy(4) already exists in -current (and will be in 4.3). doesn't support
> > the HT version though.
>
> Yes, I noticed it's there - but does the driver support all of the available
> capabilities?

according to BUGS in envy(4), no. but emu(4) doesn't support all
the features of the emu10k1 chips, either.

> The "VIA opening" won't be of any help in this particular case?

at least some datasheets are/have been available:

http://envy24.svobodno.com/datasheets/

--
jakemsrsdf.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org