On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 07:13 +0000, Daniel Cohen wrote: > On 16/2/05 at 11:45 pm -0700, bill wrote > >Funny thing, I was just talking to an audiophile who owned a Squeezebox and > >returned after several weeks because the digital output STILL swaps channels > >on a frequent basis. This is a known and still unaddressed bug (correct me > >if I'm wrong). Can't imagine any audiophile could live with it. > > This bug can, as you say, make some people refuse to own a > Squeezebox, and will annoy many others. > > Unfortunately,as has been discussed, it isn't something Slim Devices > can deal with easily. The problem is in hardware, in the main chip > IIRC, not software. They have indicated that they are talking to the > hardware manufacturer. For all we know, they may be investigating > other chips, but that would need a considerable time to evaluate.
Are we sure that this is a hardware problem? I understood that the chip provider also provided some of the firmware, and in particular the low level hardware drivers. I haven't seen anything from Slim that says it's a hardware problem, just that it is a problem that is in the chip providers hands. If it is low level firmware then Slim need to keep applying pressure to get a resolution. If it's hardware, then there a good chance that there'll never be a fix unless they come up with a firmware workaround. As others have said, making chip revisions, even when you know the bug, is a time consuming and expensive business. -- "The biggest problem encountered while trying to design a system that was completely foolproof, was, that people tended to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." (Douglas Adams) _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
