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diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/sound/discussion.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/sound/discussion.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4a95eb62 --- /dev/null +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/sound/discussion.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!taglink open_issue_documentation]]: update [[sound]] page. + + +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-09-01 + + <rekado> I'm new to the hurd but I'd love to learn enough to work on sound + support. + <rekado> + http://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/community/gsoc/project_ideas/sound/ + says drivers should be ported to GNU Mach as a first step. + <rekado> Is this information still current or should the existing Linux + driver be wrapped with DDE instead? + <auronandace> if i recall correctly dde is currently only being used for + network drivers. i'm not sure how much work would be involved for sound + or usb + + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-09-02 + + <rekado> The sound support proposal + (http://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/community/gsoc/project_ideas/sound/) + recommends porting some other kernel's sound driver to GNU Mach. Is this + still current or should DDE be used instead? + <pinotree> rekado: dde or anything userspace-based is generally preferred + <braunr> rekado: both are about porting some other kernel's sound driver + <braunr> dde is preferred yes + <rekado> This email says that sound drivers are already partly working with + DDE: http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/pipermail/l4-hackers/2009/004291.html + <rekado> So, should I just try to get some ALSA kernel parts to compile + with DDE? + <pinotree> well, what is missing is also the dde←→hurd glue + <braunr> rekado: there is also a problem with pci arbitration + <rekado> pinotree: I assumed DDEKit works with the hurd and we could use + any DDE/<other kernel> glue code with it + * rekado looks up pci arbitration + <pinotree> only for networking atm + <rekado> ah, I see. |