On 22/02/2019 20:43, Douglas R. Reno via blfs-dev wrote: > > On 2/22/19 1:19 PM, Bruce Dubbs via blfs-dev wrote: >> On 2/22/19 1:04 PM, Douglas R. Reno via blfs-dev wrote: >>> >>> On 2/22/19 12:21 PM, Bruce Dubbs via blfs-dev wrote: >>>> There has been some problem with ALSA getting their download site working >>>> properly. The only offer ftp right now. I'll leave most of the book as >>>> is for now as the ALSA home page and everyone else (Arch, etc) also points >>>> to the ftp site for sources. >>>> >>>> There is a problem with alsa-firmware. >>>> https://alsa-project.org/wiki/Main_Page now only points to git. >>>> >>>> I am proposing dropping alsa-firmware from the book. There is nothing >>>> that references it. >>>> >>>> Any objections? >> >>> I was going to say go ahead, but it looks like it installs firmware for >>> Sound Blaster 16 cards, which is what Qemu and other virtualization >>> software emulate. I'm not sure if we'll still be able to get sound out of >>> VMs if we drop this. >> >> I've never tried to get sound out of a VM. Could the user just use a >> different sound hw emulation? >> >> $ qemu -soundhw list >> qemu: -soundhw list: Unknown sound card name `list' >> Valid sound card names (comma separated): >> sb16 Creative Sound Blaster 16 >> es1370 ENSONIQ AudioPCI ES1370 >> ac97 Intel 82801AA AC97 Audio >> adlib Yamaha YM3812 (OPL2) >> gus Gravis Ultrasound GF1 >> cs4231a CS4231A >> hda Intel HD Audio >> pcspk PC speaker >> > I think the only ones out of that list that *doesn't* need Firmware are HDA > and PCSPK. The others have firmware installed by alsa-firmware. > > I'd have to try HDA and get back to you. Everything I've ever seen or used has > SB16, from a variety of different hypervisors. >
I use ac97 (-soundhw ac97), and I always get sound in qemu (pulseaudio is doing pretty well nowadays)... Well, at least with Debian qemu. Will try blfs qemu... Pierre -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
