On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 13:37, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > Marco Canini wrote: > > hi, > > > > i'm moving to buy a new mother board: gigabyte 8knxp. > > it has integrated an audio ac97 codec chipset by realtek: alc655 > > i searched in the sound cards matrix and i couldn't find it so i surfed > > the web for any kind of support for it in linux but i found nothing. > > from what i see in the ac97 support code the alc650 is supported but no mention to > > alc655. > > is this chipset supported by alsa? > > > > thanks > We have the specs for the chip, so supporting it should not be too much > of a problem. See the nice PDF files from realtek web site :-) . > > If you get the motherboard, I could work with you to get it working. > It looks very similar to the alc650, which is already supported, so the > work involved whould not be too much. I an fairly sure that all that > would need doing is to add recognition for the chip in ac97_codec.c and > then program it exactly the same as the alc650. Some of the extra > functions of the alc655 might not be supported, but you will get 5.1 > channel sound output and be able to record. You just might not be able > to select all the different combinations of sound in/out jacks. > > Cheers > James > Hi,
it would be cool. just another question before i go to buy: does the ac97 code support hw multiplexing aka multiple playing for the alc650 dsp? thanks > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel -- Marco Canini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
