Re: spkr vs spkr_synth module

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 08:45:32PM +0800, Paul Goyette wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Dec 2016, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 08:12:03PM +0800, Paul Goyette wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > 
> > > We should probably deprecate spkr_pcppi.  After releasing NetBSD-8 we can
> > > uncomment the spkr_synth lines in i386 and amd64 kernels, and add comments
> > > to the spkr_pcppi lines.
> > 
> > I've not followed the thread closely so I may have misunderstood something.
> > As I understand it, spkr_synth emulates a pcppi interface via an
> > audio card.
> > On most of my x86 desktops, I have both a pcppi internal speaker and an audio
> > card (or even several audio cards), with external speakers.
> > I want to still use the pcppi speaker for simple beeps, because the
> > audio card may not be operational (e.g. because I have no speakers connected,
> > or the speakers are powered off).
> > pcppi and external audio serves different purposes.
> 
> Understood.
> 
> Perhaps we might prefer not to deprecate the pcppi version.
> 
> My other comments about kernels with both drivers included still stand,
> however.  "It's likely not to work as intended/desired."  :-)

Sure, we need to decide what happens when both drivers are present.
Also, how does one choose to which audio adapter is spkr_synth attached ?

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