Changes:
* Added beta drivers for SB AudigyLS
* Fixed MIDIMan Revolution 7.1 6 channel audio
* 4Front Virtual Mixer now comes standard with the OSS drivers.
An advanced version with builtin equalizers, loopback audio
recording, individual volume control is also available with an
extra licensing fee. The basic Virtual Mixer technology allows
users to play upto 4 audio apps at the same time. There is no
special programming required (unlike ESD or aRTsd) as the
Virtual Mixer devices behave exactly like the physcal hardware
devices. Virtual Mixer contains 4Front's proprietary profesional
quality sample rate convertors that handle the mixing of various
audio applications.
Package changes:
De-support 1.5* since 4front does not provide 1.5 binaries any longer.
USE_PKGINSTALL is "YES". bsd.pkg.install.mk will no longer automatically
pick up a INSTALL/DEINSTALL script in the package directory and assume that
you want it for the corresponding *_EXTRA_TMPL variable.
I think some of this is duplications but the updates include:
NVidia nForce2 SPDIF output with AC3 passthrough now supported
Added AC3 passthrough support for MIDIMan Delta/Audiophile/2496 series
Intel ICH SPDIF/AC3 passthrough and 2/4/6 multichannel audio fixed
AC3 passthrough support added for Yamaha DSXG, SiS7012, CMI8738, SBLive-Dell,
VIA8233.
Added SPDIF output support for AC97 devices: Sigmatel, Avance, Cirrus logic.
Announcing drivers for MIDIMan Revolution and Envy24HT based soundcards
Support for NetBSD 1.6.1 added
Added support for SBLive 5.1 Dell OEM version
SB Audigy2 support added
Multichannel audio device for VIA8233 added
Fixed up Virtual Mixer loopback recording and ulaw audio
4Front Virtual Mixer now comes standard with the OSS drivers. An advanced
version with builtin equalizers, loopback audio recording, individual volume
control is also available with an extra licensing fee. The basic Virtual Mixer
technology allows users to play upto 4 audio apps at the same time. There is
no special programming required (unlike ESD or aRTsd) as the Virtual
Mixer devices behave exactly like the physcal hardware devices. Virtual Mixer
contains 4Front's proprietary profesional quality sample rate convertors that
handle the mixing of various audio applications.
have it be automatically included by bsd.pkg.mk if USE_PKGINSTALL is set
to "YES". This enforces the requirement that bsd.pkg.install.mk be
included at the end of a package Makefile. Idea suggested by Julio M.
Merino Vidal <jmmv at menta.net>.
* SB Audigy2 support added
* SPDIF in/out support for CMI9739/ALC650/AD1980/AD1981/CS42XX/etc
* Updated CMedia CMI8738 drivers
* Support for Nvidia Nforce2
library (-lossaudio). This makes handling OSS in pkgsrc easier, but we
should still be fixing the packages to handle both real OSS and -lossaudio
cases and pass them back to the authors.
<soundcard.h>, which causes errors since the definitions in the OSS
sys/soundcard.h conflict with the definitions in the system soundcard.h.
We fix this by making <sys/soundcard.h> and <soundcard.h> point to the
same file and rely on multiple inclusion protection to prevent conflicts.
* Make the oss rc.d script smarter: check that soundconf has been run
before starting, and check that the OSS LKM is loaded before unloading
it when stopping.
* Ensure the OSS LKM is unloaded before deinstalling.
Open Sound System(TM) (OSS) is the first attempt in unifying the digital
audio architecture for UNIX. OSS is a set of device drivers that provide a
uniform API across all the major UNIX architectures. It supports Sound
Blaster or Windows Sound System compatible sound cards which can be plugged
into any UNIX workstation supporting the ISA or PCI bus architecture. OSS
also supports workstations with on-board digital audio hardware.
The pkgsrc OSS installs the evaluation version of OSS available from
ftp.opensound.com, but allows for updating the license file to a permanent
license.
