From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261668AbVC1Ce7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 21:34:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261672AbVC1Ce7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 21:34:59 -0500 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:714 "EHLO gate.crashing.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261668AbVC1Ce5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 21:34:57 -0500 Subject: Re: Mac mini sound woes From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Andrea Arcangeli Cc: Takashi Iwai , Linux Kernel list In-Reply-To: <20050328014259.GF4110@g5.random> References: <1111966920.5409.27.camel@gaston> <20050328014259.GF4110@g5.random> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 12:34:30 +1000 Message-Id: <1111977271.5473.44.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 03:42 +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 09:42:00AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > suggest I just don't do any control ? Or should I implement a double > > buffer scheme with software gain as well in the kernel driver ? > > I recall to have sometime clicked on volume controls that weren't > hardware related, I don't pay much attention when stuff works, perhaps > it was the kde sound system doing it or something like that. > > I would suggest doing the D->A only, then adding a basic hack to > g5 too ;), and then go back to the mini to do the gain emulation in > kernel space if somebody complains ;). Doing the software emulation > sounds quite orthogonal to the rest so it can be done later if needed. > > Too loud sound is better than no sound. Will do, of course. As for the G5, yes, I need to work on that too. Ben.