Today something cool happened. Casper Dik asked me to review some changes he had to fix the Cardbus support in the pci nexus code.
What's so cool about that? Well, its the first time I've ever reviewed anything from Casper.
Casper, from back in the mid-90's, was kind of a folk hero of mine (and not just me, I think) back when I was doing system administration in my prior life at Qualcomm. I'd never have believed some 15 years ago that Casper would be asking me for code review.
Cool. :-)
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Another Boomer Release Candidate Posted
I've posted an updated release candidate 1b for Boomer today, and you can download it from the files area.
The only remaining known P1-P3 issues in this release are a problem that affects users of TX (Trusted Extensions) and lack of BFU support. Obviously we're feeling pretty good about this release, and we're on track for integration in b115.
As usual issues should be reported using the Bugster category development/audio-ng/software. Alternatively, you can send mail to opensound-discuss@sun.com.
The only remaining known P1-P3 issues in this release are a problem that affects users of TX (Trusted Extensions) and lack of BFU support. Obviously we're feeling pretty good about this release, and we're on track for integration in b115.
As usual issues should be reported using the Bugster category development/audio-ng/software. Alternatively, you can send mail to opensound-discuss@sun.com.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Boomer Release Candidate 1a Available
I've posted a release candidate for Boomer today, and you can download it from the files area. This release candidate includes USB support, and fixes for some critical bugs, so if you installed the beta, please upgrade.
There are still some known issues, but we believe we're quickly closing to being ready to integrate in Build 115.
Bugs should be reported using the Bugster category development/audio-ng/software. Alternatively, you can send mail to opensound-discuss@sun.com.
Enjoy!
There are still some known issues, but we believe we're quickly closing to being ready to integrate in Build 115.
Bugs should be reported using the Bugster category development/audio-ng/software. Alternatively, you can send mail to opensound-discuss@sun.com.
Enjoy!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Boomer Beta Refresh
I've posted a refresh of the Boomer beta bits. The location has moved to the more sensible project specific location as well.
This refresh includes SPARC support, and fixes for a couple of bugs that folks ran into from the first beta.
This refresh includes SPARC support, and fixes for a couple of bugs that folks ran into from the first beta.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Boomer Beta Available!
Finally!
The first public beta binaries for Boomer are now available! Details are available from the Open Sound Project webpage.
Enjoy!
-- Garrett
(Update: the website update didn't take. OpenSolaris.org is really sick now, any updates seem to cause it to crash now. I've posted binaries here, temporarily. The webrev is in the same location as before.)
The first public beta binaries for Boomer are now available! Details are available from the Open Sound Project webpage.
Enjoy!
-- Garrett
(Update: the website update didn't take. OpenSolaris.org is really sick now, any updates seem to cause it to crash now. I've posted binaries here, temporarily. The webrev is in the same location as before.)
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Boomer webrev posted, screenshots
I've posted a webrev of the Boomer tree against onnv_109. While the review itself is probably daunting, and I'm not actively asking for folks to review it, you are welcome to do so anyway. Please send us your feedback if you have any.
Here's a couple of snapshots of our updated gnome-volume-control running on an Ultra 20, as well. (Note that we've enabled display of all "tracks".)
First the Playback tab, which shows individual slider support for each of the analog controls, as well as a single monophonic "master volume" slider. If we had an older system that didn't have independent volume control, we might have an option at the bottom of the screen to select playback sources. Its not required on this system.
The Recording tab shows some improvements. Instead of having just a single monitor gain control, you can now independently control the monitor gain for each of several input sources. There is only a single "record gain", but that's a hardware limitation. Notice that you have some additional features on this particular device: an optional 20dB microphone boost, and the ability to select from one of two different microphone inputs. These are device specific options.
The Options tab has some other bits. First off, notice the slider that lets you control the keyboard beep volume. This is device specific (it requires the system to be designed to route the PC beeper through the audio codec -- a common choice on laptops), but it can be useful.
On this system, you also have some jack retasking options. You can use the input jacks (mic and line in) as Surround and Center/LFE functions, as I've shown here. With this option, you can achieve 5.1 audio even on the original Sun Ultra 20. The Loopback option is intended to take your recording source and loop the input directly to the DAC output, bypassing the mixer altogether. I doubt it will be often useful, but since the hardware can do it, there is no reason not to offer the choice here. Note that most of these advanced options are not displayed by default in the application, but require you to enable them in the Preferences Dialog.
Here's a couple of snapshots of our updated gnome-volume-control running on an Ultra 20, as well. (Note that we've enabled display of all "tracks".)
First the Playback tab, which shows individual slider support for each of the analog controls, as well as a single monophonic "master volume" slider. If we had an older system that didn't have independent volume control, we might have an option at the bottom of the screen to select playback sources. Its not required on this system.
The Recording tab shows some improvements. Instead of having just a single monitor gain control, you can now independently control the monitor gain for each of several input sources. There is only a single "record gain", but that's a hardware limitation. Notice that you have some additional features on this particular device: an optional 20dB microphone boost, and the ability to select from one of two different microphone inputs. These are device specific options.
The Options tab has some other bits. First off, notice the slider that lets you control the keyboard beep volume. This is device specific (it requires the system to be designed to route the PC beeper through the audio codec -- a common choice on laptops), but it can be useful.
On this system, you also have some jack retasking options. You can use the input jacks (mic and line in) as Surround and Center/LFE functions, as I've shown here. With this option, you can achieve 5.1 audio even on the original Sun Ultra 20. The Loopback option is intended to take your recording source and loop the input directly to the DAC output, bypassing the mixer altogether. I doubt it will be often useful, but since the hardware can do it, there is no reason not to offer the choice here. Note that most of these advanced options are not displayed by default in the application, but require you to enable them in the Preferences Dialog.
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