Greetings, I'd like to retire the spkr driver. It was a cute hack before sound cards were ubiquitous, but it's not been kept up to date, and it's not clear that it still works.... It is still Giant locked, and though it's not a huge effort to do the locking I literally have no way to test it that I trust... Is anybody using it these days for anything? If not, I'd propose we de-orbit it before 13. If so, I need people to test patches to remove Giant... Warner
28.08.2020 23:25, Warner Losh wrote:> I'd like to retire the spkr driver. It was a cute hack before sound cards > were ubiquitous, but it's not been kept up to date, and it's not clear that > it still works.... It is still Giant locked, and though it's not a huge > effort to do the locking I literally have no way to test it that I trust... > > Is anybody using it these days for anything? If not, I'd propose we > de-orbit it before 13. If so, I need people to test patches to remove > Giant...spkr works just fine in my stable/11 systems. I use it for routers on modern fanless hardware to audio signalling like successfull completition of reboot (going to multi-user mode). I'd like to keep it working. I'm ready to test patches. However, my CURRENT system lives in bhyve for the moment. Though, I could try running CURRENT with one of my less important wireless AP systems built as NanoBSD, so I can build and boot CURRENT-based image.
On 2020-08-28 09:25, Warner Losh wrote:> Greetings, > > I'd like to retire the spkr driver. It was a cute hack before sound cards > were ubiquitous, but it's not been kept up to date, and it's not clear that > it still works.... It is still Giant locked, and though it's not a huge > effort to do the locking I literally have no way to test it that I trust... > > Is anybody using it these days for anything? If not, I'd propose we > de-orbit it before 13. If so, I need people to test patches to remove > Giant...I still use it for important events, as alerts that something needs attention on any one of my servers. It's easier to distinguish, and while many boards include more complex sound. The speaker is "cheap" and easy to use. I should be able to help test. Thanks for the heads-up! --Chris> > Warner
Hi!> I'd like to retire the spkr driver. It was a cute hack before sound cards > were ubiquitous, but it's not been kept up to date, and it's not clear that > it still works.... It is still Giant locked, and though it's not a huge > effort to do the locking I literally have no way to test it that I trust...It works on PC Engines APU devices, and together with morse, it's very, very cool 8-} So, please keep it and un-giant it, if possible. -- pi at opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 Now what ?
Appreciate the notice Warner. :) Yes, I use it on various devices: - as a clock signal to indicate the time, different pitch each 1/4 & hour (aka a chiming clock, very useful when busy) - advice when a box has completed booting - advice when snort (& others) thinks there's a problem using different duration and pitch. I'm Pavlovian trained. audio/beep and audio/yell are good friends that need their benefactor Mr Speaker to remain alive, please. ;) I'm rarely current but always stable (12.1), happy to test (on: Haswell, Nehalem, Nehemiah (32bit)) Regards.
Op 28-08-2020 om 18:25 schreef Warner Losh:> Greetings, > > I'd like to retire the spkr driver. It was a cute hack before sound cards > were ubiquitous, but it's not been kept up to date, and it's not clear that > it still works.... It is still Giant locked, and though it's not a huge > effort to do the locking I literally have no way to test it that I trust... > > Is anybody using it these days for anything? If not, I'd propose we > de-orbit it before 13. If so, I need people to test patches to remove > Giant... > > Warner > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable at freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"I use the spkr driver also to get conformation if the server has booted. I would really miss it. I have no problem with testing patches. regards. Johan