Asahi Linux progress report [LWN.net]

Asahi Linux progress report

Posted Mar 18, 2021 23:08 UTC (Thu) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Asahi Linux progress report by flussence
Parent article: Asahi Linux progress report

This is likely a result of Vista completely overhauling the audio stack. It basically stopped supporting anything complex for output.

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Asahi Linux progress report

Posted Mar 19, 2021 0:00 UTC (Fri) by flussence (guest, #85566) [Link] (1 responses)

The base OS removed that ability, but I've heard enough irritated tales of having to “reboot into ASIO mode” that high end sound cards apparently didn't die out entirely.

Asahi Linux progress report

Posted Mar 19, 2021 0:06 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

There was nothing stopping you from talking with audio cards directly, you just needed a driver for that. Some "pro" audio cards tried that approach, but it just wasn't worth it. Floating point software mixing just became way superior to any fixed DSP magic, especially at the pro level.