On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 02:40:20PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Hello, > > Asking debian-kernel about firmwares: is the firmware-intel-sound > package needed for getting sound on some hardware? >
It looks as if it's needed on some newer Intel laptops and desktops at least, yes > Do you know if arm64 has some platforms which require such kind of sound > firmwares? > Almost all arm64 platforms don't have sound inbuilt: on a Raspberry Pi, the drivers needed are in the Raspberry Pi firmware package which is required for the Raspberry Pi to boot. On others, it would be in a .dtb file, I think. Raspberry Pis have a concept of hardware as an add on board called a Hat - the drivers for these could be anything. All the very best, as ever, Andy Cater > Samuel > > Samuel Thibault, le lun. 14 févr. 2022 12:55:15 +0100, a ecrit: > > Arnaud Rebillout, le lun. 22 mars 2021 17:30:30 +0700, a ecrit: > > > some recent Intel sound cards require a firmware to work. This firmware > > > is packaged under 'firmware-sof-signed'. For reference, you might want > > > to look at the ITP [1]. > > > > > > I tried it with my laptop. What happens is that the installer gets stuck > > > straight from the beginning, prior it can show any kind of GUI. All I > > > get is a black scree with the lines: > > > > > > Please wait while we probe your sound card(s)... > > > > Could you try with the following image: > > > > https://people.debian.org/~sthibault/tmp/debian-sid-amd64-NETINST-1.iso > > > > It's supposed to have the firmware available for loading before speech > > starts. > > > > Samuel >