This driver seems to be notorious right now with its features (or better lack thereof). When using Alsa driver for the above-mentioned driver found in many of the current laptops, not all inputs can be selected for recording. For instance, line-in is available as an input source, but mic-in surprisingly isn't.
One more thing is that CS4205 is a full-blown dsp so while it is compatible with the intel8x0 standard, it in addition has some nice features to offer, such as hw multi-open as well as SPDIF and other gizmos. Perhaps due to such a variety of intel8x0-compatible hw that varies in the number of features, it would be prudent to split a intel8x0 driver into two (or more) branches, and implement these features so that the full potential of the chip can be utilized, since right now it seems to be utilized in a basic (sb-compatible) mode which renders the card rather useless. Alsa is a God-sent framework for the Linux platform, but it isn't much good to the end-user if it runs utilizing barely-working driver. I am aware of the fact that CS probably is not offering too much documentation, but it seems that OSS-free drivers for the same card at least offer some additional functionality (such as selecting mic-input) that could be easily reimplemented in the Alsa driver. Personally, I'd do it myself, but I have no knowledge of Alsa architecture, nor the driver-writing. So, for right now, I don't seem to be to be the best person to tackle this issue. However, there have been a number of inquiries on this list regarding this problem from both myself and other people, but so far it has been mostly ignored. Any thoughts, and/or suggestions regarding this issue are greatly appreciated! Sincerely, Ico ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: To learn the basics of securing your web site with SSL, click here to get a FREE TRIAL of a Thawte Server Certificate: http://www.gothawte.com/rd524.html _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
