Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 4 Nov 2001 18:28:00 +0100 (CET) | From | Gérard Roudier <> | Subject | Re: [POLITICAL] Re: ECS k7s5a audio sound SiS 735 - 7012 |
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On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Manfred Spraul wrote:
> > Indeed. Could you all please hassle SiS for the datasheet for the 7012 > > integrated audio controller in the SiS 735? > > Sis is quite good at writing Linux drivers and they release the source > under GPL - just search through google for bug reports for the sis900 > network driver.
Agreed, but we need more generic drivers when possible anyway. Just think about Tekram drivers for DC-390 boards. They just ignored anything different from Tekram adapters. Btw, my Netgear FA311 board is not handled by the sis driver of linux-2.2.20 and my little finger tells me that it could be so given a few code addition.
> And it's probably the only driver with a large list of the PHY's that > are used by the mobo manufacturers with the nic, and the various ways to > get at the correct negotiation result. That's something you won't be > able to write even with the sis datasheet.
Let me adver^H^Hocate: :-)
Just some pricing from France:
- K7S5A (without NIC option) : FF 590 - ASUS A7M (example) : FF 1300 - CM8378 Mentor sound board : FF 119
K7S5A + Mentor sound board -> FF 709 ASUS A7M (with bogus VIA 686B) -> FF 1300
The K7S5A is a great Mobo, good quality, very fast and very cheap, as long as you donnot want to use on-board sound. :)
The K7S5A I have is used by my children under Windows, but I have stressed it a lot under Linux and FreeBSD prior to leave them play with it.
> Just wait a bit, or try to convince nvidia that they should release the > source of their driver if you want to do something now.
Good point.
Gérard.
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