why do the BSDs not support audio over hdmi & when are they going to support ath10k wireless driver? reddit / BSD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- swrangsar · 2020-09-30 14:43 edit: audio over hdmi works in freebsd but not in openbsd. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- shawn_webb · 2020-09-30 15:32 Support will be included once you implement it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nahnah2017 · 2020-09-30 16:56 Audio over hdmi works on FreeBSD if you have a nvidia card. I think Intel,too. I don't know about others. Support for the wifi driver is currently under active development if it hasn't already been finished (don't recall). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bombshelter329 · 2020-09-30 18:02 I believe it's working on with my RX580 as well last I checked. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- alx82 · 2020-09-30 18:20 Audio works fine on Intel as well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- istarian · 2020-09-30 20:12 Once people start funding development with actual money? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- frenchiephish · 2020-10-01 00:52 [Adrian](http://adrianchadd.blogspot.com/2020/07/im-back-into-grind- of-freebsds-wireless.html) has started working on FreeBSD ath10k again so there's a good chance it's coming. Like all things though, it's coming when it's done - it's not his day job. I've known Adrian (in person) for a bit over a decade and if he's decided it's something he has time for, then he'll be working on it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- stillcantpickaname · 2020-10-01 01:36 pcm2: (play) pcm3: (play) default 2 different machines, both working ~5 years now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BumpitySnook · 2020-10-01 03:35 I'm using audio over HDMI on FreeBSD at this very moment. Why do you say it doesn't work? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- n4utix · 2020-10-01 03:38 For real. If the BSD groups had a nickel for every time someone asked when it'd be the year of BSD, it would be the year of BSD... With an ath10k driver. With that being said, it works on my x220 but that's DisplayPort and not HDMI. Not sure if that changes anything. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- kusuriya · 2020-10-01 03:52 Audio over HDMI is coming when you go and read the manual about how to set your audio sinks, I use it right now on my HardenedBSD laptop. Should that be the answer, probably not, but it is until someone goes and does the work to make audio device hints work on their own. I looked into that, its time consuming and my day job takes a lot of my time Ath10k, whenever Atheros pays someone to do it, otherwise Adrian will eventually get to it in his own time, but I'd rather him give me 802.11AC on my iwm device ahead of supporting the ath10k device. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- swrangsar · 2020-10-01 11:47 sorry, my bad, audio over hdmi is working in freebsd. i had actually tried it in openbsd and read some freebsd forums. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- laffer1 · 2020-10-01 15:54 It works on several older AMD GPUs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- laffer1 · 2020-10-01 15:55 It also works in MidnightBSD. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mwgkgk · 2020-10-02 01:19 > Last quarter we raised $268,400! Thank you to the individuals and organizations that stepped in to help fund our efforts. We’d like to thank Netflix, employees of Nginx, Beckhoff Automation, and Mozilla Foundation for their large contributions last quarter, which helped bring our 2020 fundraising effort to $339k. We hope other organizations will follow their lead and give back to help us continue supporting FreeBSD. https://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2020-04-2020-06.html Also, code bounties: DragonflyBSD: https://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/developer/Code_Bounties/ NetBSD: https://wiki.netbsd.org/users/kefren/code_bounties/ There are likely more that I didn't find. My point being, like in many other cases in life, the problem with getting something done is being the person to roll up your sleeves and get something done, which is I believe very much the spirit of BSD's anyway. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- istarian · 2020-10-02 03:44 Well I'm glad they're getting some support, but the point is the same. Waiting around for someone to develop something means you get to wait until it's worth someone's while to do it.