Subject: Re: No sound on Mac mini
To: None <joel@carnat.net>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 05/06/2007 17:46:36
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Hello,

On May 6, 2007, at 16:50, Joel CARNAT wrote:

> On Sun, May 06 2007 - 15:02, Michael Lorenz wrote:
>>  On May 6, 2007, at 14:48, Joel CARNAT wrote:
>>
>>> I seem to not have any mixer/audio abilities on my mini:
>>> # dmesg | egrep 'audio|snapper'
>>> snapper0: software codec
>>> audio0 at snapper0: full duplex
>>> # audioctl
>>> audioctl: /dev/audioctl0: Device not configured
>>> # mixerctl
>>> mixerctl: /dev/mixer0: Device not configured
>>>
>>> I'm using "NetBSD 4.0_BETA2 (GENERIC)".
>>> Full dmesg are:
>>> http://www.tumfatig.net/dmesg/Mac%20Mini/NetBSD%204.0_BETA2/dmesg.txt
>>> http://www.tumfatig.net/dmesg/Mac%20Mini/NetBSD%204.99.19/dmesg.txt
>>
>>  The audio chip used in the Mini is actually little more than a DMA 
>> engine
>>  and a DAC - no mixer at all. Should work in -current using software 
>> volume
>>  control ( I think Jared requested pullup to 4.0 but I'm not sure )
>>
>
> Booting the 4.99.19 makes audioctl and mixerctl output things.
> Mixer.app and aumix now also work too.
> And I get output from mpg321.

So it didn't get pulled up - I'll see to that.

> That's two things (my video output is also solved in 4.99.x) that makes
> netbsd-4 unsuitable as a workstation (on my hardware). Am I really 
> unlucky or
> is it known that netbsd-4 is not yet ready for "recent" Mac hardware 
> (as
> a workstation).

Huh? You're the first I hear of who has this sort of trouble with 
radeonfb. It will be fixed when 4.0 is released. Same about audio. 
You're aware of the fact that 4.0 is beta software? And how exactly do 
you expect us to test everything on every possible hardware 
combination?

have fun
Michael
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