Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Jan 1999 01:03:50 +0300 (MSK) | From | Eugene Crosser <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.0-pre7 - sound volume changed |
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> Previous kernels had 4 bit master volume controls for all ESS chips. > Most ESS chips have 6 bit master volume controls however, so recent > kernels use these volume controls. There is a difference between the > 4bit and the 6bit controls: the former is linear and the latter is > logarithmic. Which means 50% with 6 bits is not as loud as 50% with 4 > bits. 100% should be the same for both however. > > I checked it on both aES1868 and a ES1887: 100% still is very loud on > both
In my case, at 100% the sound is much quiter in pre7 than in previous kernels.
Eugene
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