[OpenIndiana-discuss] USB audio input support in OpenIndiana

[Dave Koelmeyer]

Hi James,

Thanks for that information - I'll have a poke around and see :)

Cheers,
Dave

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:57 AM, James Carlson <carlsonj at workingcode.com>wrote:

> Dave Koelmeyer wrote:
> > Anyone?
>
> "It depends."
>
> The usb_as and usb_ac drivers generally handle USB audio streaming input
> and output devices.  But not all hardware devices implement the
> standards properly or are bound by a driver.
>
> If you're finding that plugging in this device doesn't result in a new
> audio device being plumbed, then that's probably an existence proof that
> it's not one of those standard devices.  I wouldn't be surprised to find
> that a webcam with microphone has a non-standard class.
>
> You should be able to find the device by wading through the "prtpicl -v"
> output or in the syslog messages.  A key clue is seeing "usb_mid"
> attaching to the device when it's inserted.  That means that no standard
> class driver works on that device, and you're getting the "generic"
> driver that allows user-space implementations.
>
> --
> James Carlson         42.703N 71.076W         <carlsonj at workingcode.com>
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