Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 3 Nov 2001 14:45:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 3 Nov 2001 14:45:48 -0500 Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193]:51207 "HELO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 3 Nov 2001 14:45:30 -0500 To: Dan Hollis Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ECS k7s5a audio sound SiS 735 - 7012 In-Reply-To: <86ady56u3h.fsf@cam.ac.uk.suse.lists.linux.kernel> From: Andi Kleen Date: 03 Nov 2001 20:45:20 +0100 In-Reply-To: Dan Hollis's message of "2 Nov 2001 22:23:47 +0100" Message-ID: Lines: 20 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Dan Hollis writes: > On 2 Nov 2001, John Fremlin wrote: > > Who to talk to at SiS? They have a dubious web interface for sales and > > marketing requests that I used, but I'd prefer to email someone who > > knows what a datasheet actually is ;-) > > Alsa doesn't advertise any contact with SiS at all :-( > > I've already talked with SiS. They are insisting that they will write the > drivers themselves, they dont want to release datasheets to anyone. The > reply I got (Thu, 25 Oct 2001) they said they are working on OSS drivers > in-house, and ALSA drivers are next. ALSA drivers seem to work. A standard SuSE 7.2 install with yast2 alsa installer had no problems with producing sound on a k7s5a. The sound quality is somewhat poor however; but even with another sound card this board is cheaper than the alternativesa and works very fast. -Andi (happy user of a k7s5a with a sblive) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/