From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RE8ME-0000aA-1O for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:37:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CAED721C150; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:36:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F119621C0C3 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:35:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 609501B4010 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:35:58 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.906 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.906 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.693, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id wq7-LU+-lFiS for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:35:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.181]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 098D31B4009 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:35:51 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvwEAIwjlk5Ld/Kg/2dsb2JhbABDqEGBBoIUHHImJSQToQefcIZ3YQSZK4d1hEU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.69,337,1315195200"; d="scan'208";a="141528368" Received: from 75-119-242-160.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([75.119.242.160]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with SMTP; 12 Oct 2011 19:35:49 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:35:55 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:35:55 -0400 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] Which sound codecs do I need? Message-ID: <20111012233555.GA8987@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 40564c689e1a2775a8ad12f2194e7d2f I'm installing Gentoo on an older Intel Core2 Duo machine from Dell for some testing. Checking with "lspci -v" from the install CD shows... 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02) Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 530 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43 Memory at fdff4000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel In "make menuconfig" I get a whole slew of codecs, i.e... CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_REALTEK CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_ANALOG CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SIGMATEL CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_VIA CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_HDMI CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CIRRUS CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CONEXANT CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CA0110 CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_CMEDIA CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_SI3054 The only one I'm confident eliminating is CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_HDMI due to the help saying "Say Y here to include HDMI and DisplayPort HD-audio codec". This is an older machine, and doesn't have a card or chip with HDMI and/or DisplayPort. -- Walter Dnes