[haiku] Re: MacBook works ISO?

  • From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:01:33 +0200 CEST

> > in VESA mode tough and the audio card seems not to be recognized.
> The Intel HDA chipset on the MacBookPro is actually detected and
> initialised, but I believe the problem is due to the way the mixer/
> DAC is
> initialised.  From what I've seen on the Linux forums, the various 
> mixers
> (depends on motherboard manufacturer) are initialised and driven with
> programmable signals from the driver.  I've had a quick look at ALSA 
> (to see
> which signals/pinouts to use for the MBP), but for the last 6 months 
> I've
> been working ridiculous hours, so I just haven't had the time to 
> investigate
> the issue properly.
> 
> Don't despair, there is audio at the end of THAT tunnel.

You might have more luck with OSS...
The HDA mixers seem to all be wired in a custom way, which kind of 
voids the purpose of the whole standard...

François.

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