This was brought up a while ago (check the archives.) The answer was "porting ALSA to FreeBSD would be a bad idea", mainly becaue the sound system architecture that we have is much better than ALSA.
Please refer to the archives for more details. On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Frank J. Cameron wrote: > FYI, There is a general questions list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I actually know nothing about this; but, I would be surprised if this > was possible. FreeBSD does have its own driver pcm. Add "device pcm" > to your kernel config and reboot; it usually works pretty well for plug > and play cards (though I've never tried anything high-end or exotic). > > -frank > > On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 15:56, Mario Lobo wrote: > > Please forgive me for this terribly off-topic question but could anyone on this > > list point to me the proper direction on info to get the ALSA sound driver to > > work under FreeBSD (if that is at all possible!!)? I figured there are many > > kernel experts here who would an idea about this. > > > > I looked in the FreeBSD and ALSA sites and there is no mention of each other on > > neither. > > > > Again, sorry and Thanks! > -- > Frank J. Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Concurrent Technologies Corp. > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
