Thank you! :) On October 29, 2021 4:31:29 AM CDT, Alexandre Ratchov <[email protected]> wrote: >On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 09:13:57AM +0000, [email protected] wrote: >> Hi Misc! >> >> Does anyone know whether the Tempo 92HD95B audio codec is supported? >> >> https://temposemi.com/products/pclaptop-hd/92hd95/ >> >> I'm considering getting the Framework laptop and Joshua Stein's >website >> indicates that at this point, it's pretty well supported >> >> https://jcs.org/2021/08/06/framework >> >> But Framework is changing audio codecs on their next batches of >> machines. >> >> https://frame.work/blog/solving-for-silicon-shortages >> >> Thus far, I haven't been able to find a way to check whether the new >> audio chip is supported, as "fully supported in both Windows and >Linux" >> doesn't actually say much, and Tempo's answer to "how do I get a >driver" >> is "Ask our OEM partner that actually made the computer in question" >> >> I *have* identified that the chip is compatible with Intel's HD audio >> interface, so from what I'm reading in azalia's man page, I think it >> *should* have support already under azalia, but I'll admit, the >> technical specs go a bit over my head. >> >> If anyone can clarify this for me, I'd really appreciate it. >> > >Short answer: virtually any HDA codec is supported and there are good >chances that sound will just work on this laptop. > >Long answer: The HDA spec. allows the driver (i.e. azalia(4)) to >control all HDA-compatible codecs in a uniform way, so any past or >future codec is supposed to just work with the current driver, >provided the codec is HDA compatible. > >There are rare hardware bugs or "creative" ways of connecting the >codec to the HDA host that cause problems, most of them are handled by >quirks in the azalia(4) driver. > >There are few laptops that have HDA codecs that require firmware to >make advanced features work. Certain recent laptops come with >microphones that are not physically connected to the HDA codec >(instead they use a secondary audio device OpenBSD doesn't support >yet).
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