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- Lines: 53
- Date:
2003-06-13 07:51:29.000000000 -0700
- Orig file:
linux-2.4.20/Documentation/DocBook/via-audio.tmpl
- Orig date:
2001-12-21 09:41:53.000000000 -0800
diff -urN linux-2.4.20/Documentation/DocBook/via-audio.tmpl linux-2.4.21/Documentation/DocBook/via-audio.tmpl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
<book id="ViaAudioGuide">
<bookinfo>
- <title>Via 686 Audio Driver for Linux</title>
+ <title>Via 686/8233/8235 Audio Driver for Linux</title>
<authorgroup>
<author>
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@
The Via VT82C686A "super southbridge" chips contain
AC97-compatible audio logic which features dual 16-bit stereo
PCM sound channels (full duplex), plus a third PCM channel intended for use
- in hardware-assisted FM synthesis.
+ in hardware-assisted FM synthesis. The VIA VT8233/8235 extends this
+ support to include six channel output and additional record
+ facilities.
</para>
<para>
The current Linux kernel audio driver for this family of chips
@@ -199,7 +201,9 @@
<para>
This driver by default supports all PCI audio devices which report
a vendor id of 0x1106, and a device id of 0x3058. Subsystem vendor
- and device ids are not examined.
+ and device ids are not examined. The 8233 support covers all devices
+ with a device id of 0x3059 and vendor id of 0x1106. Again subsystem
+ ids are ignored as they usually hold the AC97 codec vendor information.
</para>
<para>
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@@ -224,6 +228,21 @@
<chapter id="changelog">
<title>Driver ChangeLog</title>
+<sect1 id="version191ac"><title>
+Version 1.9.1-ac
+</title>
+ <itemizedlist spacing=compact>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Added VIA 8233/8235 support including six channel support. We don't
+ yet support S/PDIF, EAPD, using the second DSP channel and FM channels
+ as extra dsp devices, or the extra record channel. New features tested
+ on a VIA EPIA-M kindly provided by VIA.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+</sect1>
+
<sect1 id="version191"><title>
Version 1.9.1
</title>
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