Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 4 Nov 2001 15:13:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 4 Nov 2001 15:13:16 -0500 Received: from postfix2-2.free.fr ([213.228.0.140]:28841 "HELO postfix2-2.free.fr") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Sun, 4 Nov 2001 15:13:03 -0500 Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 18:28:00 +0100 (CET) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E9rard_Roudier?= X-X-Sender: To: Manfred Spraul Cc: John Fremlin , Subject: Re: [POLITICAL] Re: ECS k7s5a audio sound SiS 735 - 7012 In-Reply-To: <3BE59724.9EB3B816@colorfullife.com> Message-ID: <20011104180055.F2312-100000@gerard> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Manfred Spraul wrote: > > Indeed. Could you all please hassle SiS for the datasheet for the 7012 > > integrated audio controller in the SiS 735? > > Sis is quite good at writing Linux drivers and they release the source > under GPL - just search through google for bug reports for the sis900 > network driver. Agreed, but we need more generic drivers when possible anyway. Just think about Tekram drivers for DC-390 boards. They just ignored anything different from Tekram adapters. Btw, my Netgear FA311 board is not handled by the sis driver of linux-2.2.20 and my little finger tells me that it could be so given a few code addition. > And it's probably the only driver with a large list of the PHY's that > are used by the mobo manufacturers with the nic, and the various ways to > get at the correct negotiation result. That's something you won't be > able to write even with the sis datasheet. Let me adver^H^Hocate: :-) Just some pricing from France: - K7S5A (without NIC option) : FF 590 - ASUS A7M (example) : FF 1300 - CM8378 Mentor sound board : FF 119 K7S5A + Mentor sound board -> FF 709 ASUS A7M (with bogus VIA 686B) -> FF 1300 The K7S5A is a great Mobo, good quality, very fast and very cheap, as long as you donnot want to use on-board sound. :) The K7S5A I have is used by my children under Windows, but I have stressed it a lot under Linux and FreeBSD prior to leave them play with it. > Just wait a bit, or try to convince nvidia that they should release the > source of their driver if you want to do something now. Good point. G?rard. - 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/