Re: [PATCH][RFC][2.6.15-rc3] snd_powermac: Add ID for Spring 2005 17" Powerbook

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt (benh_at_kernel.crashing.org)
Date: 11/29/05

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    To: Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>
Date:	Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:09:53 +1100

    On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 14:02 -0500, Kyle Moffett wrote:
    > The audio chip in my Spring 2005 17" PowerBook was incorrectly
    > recognized as an AWACS chip. This adds the chip ID to the
    > snd_powermac driver such that it is recognized as a Toonie (I don't
    > know if that's correct, but it's the only one that makes it work at
    > all). and sorts the ID lists numerically. NOTE: This chip is only
    > minimally supported at this point; it has system beep support and
    > very low volume speaker output, and that's about it.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>

    It's a different chip but heh, Toonie might work very basically (Toonie
    is basically a non-configurable codec).

    Anyway, what is needed is a rewrite of that driver from scratch with a
    more flexible architecture to deal with the multiple codecs & busses.

    Ben.

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