... 'jf' Lim wrote: > > http://www.via.com.tw/en/resources/pressroom/pressrelease. ... > Good news. I will support VIA. Keep up the good works. ... .nabble.com/%22VIA-Announces-Strategic-Open-Source-Driver-Development-Initiative%22-tp16583213p16600841.html ...

openbsd-misc - Peter_APIIT - Apr 9 2008 - 22:28

... it's there - but does the driver support all of the > available > > ... , that perhaps > completing the envy driver can be much easier, if VIA will release the > docs; > Creative Labs, ... hard to write a graphics driver that open-sourcing it would not help. ...

openbsd-misc - Jeffrey 'jf' Lim - Apr 9 2008 - 22:16

... good enough for Open to be able to support them... Developers don't need web sites. They ... pdf files documenting the chips. Contrast Via's web site to the following: ... suddenly be the perfect example of openness. Pay close attention to how VIA ...

openbsd-misc - Theo de Raadt - Apr 9 2008 - 13:25

... - but the mentioned "VIA opening" is suggesting, that perhaps > completing the envy driver can be much easier, if VIA will release ... docs from the sound card manufacturer, not via) - second, there are limitations in most audio apps ...

openbsd-misc - Alexandre Ratchov - Apr 10 2008 - 15:36

... , either. I understand - but the mentioned "VIA opening" is suggesting, that perhaps completing the envy driver can be much easier, if VIA will release the docs; Creative Labs, unfortunately, still doesn't seem ...

openbsd-misc - Zbigniew Baniewski - Apr 9 2008 - 21:41

... @gmail.com> wrote: > > > http://www.via.com.tw/en/resources/pressroom/ ... " will be good enough for Open to be able to support ... 't as i386-compatible as Via would have us believe, even ... project is interested in doing development work for this arch. JC ...

openbsd-misc - James Crutchfield - May 6 2008 - 20:05

... best audio-option would be something using VIA Envy24(HT) - > > which is reportedly better than ... I noticed it's there - but does the driver support all of the available capabilities? The "VIA opening" won't be of any help in this particular case? -- ...

openbsd-misc - Zbigniew Baniewski - Apr 9 2008 - 19:11

... audio-option would be something using VIA Envy24(HT) - > > > which is reportedly better ... it's there - but does the driver support all of the available > ... of the emu10k1 chips, either. > The "VIA opening" won't be of any help in this particular case? at ...

openbsd-misc - Jacob Meuser - Apr 9 2008 - 20:08

... of strange to us to have Sun suddenly be the > > perfect example of openness. So, perhaps the best audio-option would be something using VIA Envy24(HT) - which is reportedly better than Audigy(2)? Time to ...

openbsd-misc - Zbigniew Baniewski - Apr 9 2008 - 16:57

... of strange to us to have Sun suddenly be the > > > perfect example of openness. > > So, perhaps the best audio-option would be something using VIA Envy24(HT) - > which is reportedly better than Audigy(2)? Time to swap ...

openbsd-misc - Jacob Meuser - Apr 9 2008 - 18:49

... require docs from the sound card manufacturer, not > > via) > > That's I was afraid of. > ... not work with the current envy(4) driver. FYI envy24 is also known as VT1712 ... day I get one, I'll happily work on the "HT" driver ;) -- Alexandre

openbsd-misc - Alexandre Ratchov - Apr 10 2008 - 16:25

... 's an EEPROM that > gives hints. You're right: "if". ;) But found some more info ... work > with the current envy(4) driver. FYI envy24 is also known as VT1712 ... /chaintech_av-710_71_sound_card First you'll find: "VIA ENVY 24PT", several verses down a ...

openbsd-misc - Zbigniew Baniewski - Apr 10 2008 - 16:59

On 2008-04-09, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim wrote: > http://www.via.com.tw/en/resources/pressroom/pressrelease.jsp?press_release_no=2088 > > would this be good news for the community? Too early to say, they haven't released anything yet ...

openbsd-misc - Stuart Henderson - Apr 9 2008 - 06:07

... do this, and it was totally > worth it. It is kind of strange to us to have Sun suddenly be the > perfect example of openness. a bit OT, but i just had the pleasure of meeting and ex-sun employee, working mostly on kernel stuff. i dont know how ...

openbsd-misc - frantisek holop - Apr 9 2008 - 15:07

... wired to the envy24 chip, how gpio pins are used, etc... > (this may require docs from the sound card manufacturer, not > via) That's I was afraid of. > afaik, these cards are based on envy24ht, not envy24. What do you think about (much ...

openbsd-misc - Zbigniew Baniewski - Apr 10 2008 - 15:47

On 5/6/08, Geoff Steckel wrote: > > I use them for firewalls and disk servers. For that they work > quite well. Yes, graphics are painfully slow, but I think that's the > fault of the integrated graphics. Using a PCI graphics card seems

openbsd-misc - James Crutchfield - May 7 2008 - 06:07

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 3:07 PM, frantisek holop wrote: > a bit OT, but > i just had the pleasure of meeting and ex-sun employee, working > mostly on kernel stuff. i dont know how similar the opensolaris > and solaris kernels are,

openbsd-misc - bofh - Apr 9 2008 - 15:35

hmm, on Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 03:35:18PM -0400, bofh said that > Sun learnt a lot of lessons when it tried to merge sparc and x86 code bases > together around the solaris 2.4 time, iirc. That's why things like zfs are > endian neutral. OpenBSD started

openbsd-misc - frantisek holop - Apr 9 2008 - 16:12

Hi! On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 10:12:49PM +0200, frantisek holop wrote: >hmm, on Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 03:35:18PM -0400, bofh said that >> Sun learnt a lot of lessons when it tried to merge sparc and x86 code bases >> together around the solaris 2.4

openbsd-misc - Hannah Schroeter - Apr 10 2008 - 07:53

* frantisek holop [2008-04-09 22:19]: > hmm, on Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 03:35:18PM -0400, bofh said that > > Sun learnt a lot of lessons when it tried to merge sparc and x86 code bases > > together around the solaris 2.4 time, iirc.

openbsd-misc - Henning Brauer - Apr 11 2008 - 08:32