On Tue, 2014-07-08 at 07:21 +0100, Peter Robinson wrote: > >> > I bought an Olimex A10S-OlinuXino-MICRO because it had a line in audio > >> > port. (I want to use the device to do audio recording from a mixing > >> > board.) > >> > > >> > I became very excited when I found that there was a disk image > >> > specifically for the Allwinner boards since I use Fedora on my machines > >> > at home. I became a little less excited when I read that only audio > >> > output is supported. It looks like reading from the line in audio port > >> > is not supported. > >> > > >> > Did I understand correctly? What is the reason for this? > >> > >> Got a link to where you read this? > > > > Actually, what I read was on a page for the A10 board. It said that > > output to analog audio and HDMI audio was supported. Really the only > > thing to conclude is that analog audio in had not been tested. > > Still no link to the details? http://fedorapeople.org/~lkundrak/a10-images/README Look for supported hardware toward the bottom. > > I hooked the board up to a tape deck and attempted to record with > > Audacity and it failed. (My actual reason for thinking that is isn't > > supported.) > > Have you tried a mic? Was the tape deck via an amp or direct? Haven't tried a mic. Tape deck was direct connect. I've done this before with this tape deck and a desktop machine. > >> Ultimately there's no particular reason. It could be that the upstream > >> kernel driver doesn't support it yet, or there's not the glue in the > >> DeviceTree. The Fedora 20 remix, the one I assume you're referring to, > >> is based on a very old 3.4.x kernel series. Rawhide, which should > >> support this device with an appropriate uboot, has the 3.16 kernel > >> which supports this device which might have what you're after. > > > > I will look more carefully at the instructions for rebuilding the Remix > > and see if I can set it up to use the kernel from rawhide. I need to > > set up for rebuilding anyway so that I can make sure the image has what > > I need without the stuff I don't need. > > You'd be better of using rawhide directly, it's very stable and it's > easier for us to assist and fix any problems you may encounter. > Enhancements are very much focused on rawhide now. I'll give it a try. > >> Ultimately I suggest testing it and seeing how you get on. The > >> AllWinner device support is fairly fast moving and there's literally > >> 100s of them with all sorts of configurations and it's impossible to > >> test all combinations of use cases. It'll be easier to work out what's > >> missing once you have the base install on there. > >> > >> Peter > > > > Thanks for your quick answer. I noticed that AllWinner support is being > > added to QEMU ARM, too. > > Not sure what the gives you in terms of your ultimate goal. It's another data point for AllWinner support being added. Also, it helps me be able to run in a VM to develop software without constantly writing SD cards and booting physical hardware. > Peter _______________________________________________ arm mailing list arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm
