Subject: Re: About CS4231 sound driver output control
To: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
From: Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/22/2002 13:15:29
On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Martin Husemann wrote:

#
# > I think the author of CS4231 intended to make the
# > built-in the speaker mutable by CSAUDIO_MONITOR_MUTE.
# > However, CSAUDIO_MONITOR_MUTE doesn't work for the
# > internal speaker of Ultra 1.
#
# The same is true for cs4231 audio in U5s and Krups (JavaStation).
#
# > With the attached fix, 'mixerctl -a -v' will show additionally,
# >
# > 	monitor.master.mute=off  [ off on ].
# >
# > The built-in speaker can be turned on or off with this.
#
# I like this.
#
# I would suggest a further change: currently cs4231 uses the
# "monitor" class for all output related settings. I'd like to replace that
# with "outputs", which I find more natural (and IIRC which matches other audio
# drivers).
#
# Any objections to commit Sung-Won Chungs patch and/or the rename?

Will this have the same desired positive effect on the SPARCstation 5s which
also use the cs4231/ad1848 combination?

...and is there any hope of getting tone control on this thing? :)

Looks good!

# Martin



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