From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobin Davis Subject: Re: [ibm-acpi-devel] Adding a alsa mixer interface to ibm-acpi Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:23:54 -0800 Message-ID: <1173309834.4531.22.camel@razman.gruemaster.com> References: <20070225012017.GA19039@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20070226162819.GE2909@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20070226174145.GF2909@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20070227015024.GF8154@thunk.org> <20070227021402.GC6828@khazad-dum.debian.net> <41840b750703071512o1d171dfy9d2a615382e5e635@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1433980848==" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <41840b750703071512o1d171dfy9d2a615382e5e635@mail.gmail.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Shem Multinymous Cc: Takashi Iwai , ibm-acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Theodore Tso List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org --===============1433980848== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=-mJmxk6MwARq1lL+vcC9G" --=-mJmxk6MwARq1lL+vcC9G Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 18:12 -0500, Shem Multinymous wrote: > > The ibm-acpi mixer also affects the BIOS-generated sounds (e.g., > low-battery warnings) and PC speaker. So it useful even when the sound > card is unused or unsupported. > Don't those sounds go through the beep generator? Most codecs use a beep generator for system sounds, that routes through the codec. -- Tobin Davis --=-mJmxk6MwARq1lL+vcC9G Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 18:12 -0500, Shem Multinymous wrote:

The ibm-acpi mixer also affects the BIOS-generated sounds (e.g.,
low-battery warnings) and PC speaker. So it useful even when the sound
card is unused or unsupported.

Don't those sounds go through the beep generator?  Most codecs use a beep generator for system sounds, that routes through the codec.

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Tobin Davis <tdavis@dsl-only.net>
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