Neonkoala Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Thats good to hear, good work. If for any reason they don't work I will have to follow in your footsteps and read the datasheets etc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macjason Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 yea, to my dismay the drivers didn't work at all, i'm so mad, cause i thought they where going to work, oh well, i hope somone can find the driver soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNap Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 It's not a matter of finding it; it doesn't exist. james2mart's writing one, but that naturally takes some time. He's made some good progress so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macjason Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 thanks for clarifying that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james2mart Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 Macjason. There is NOT a driver for SigmaTel 9220. Or 9200. There is NOT a driver for any SigmaTel card. The drivers that KIND OF work are referenced all over this forum, but are not fully functioning. They will have bad quality, sound out of wrong jack, etc. The drivers are hacked to work with some SigmaTel cards, but only work because the AppleHDA kext is built for generic functionality for HDA chips that they use, and may hope to expand on some day. The SigmaTel driver you found on your install DVD is not for your card. You have a 9200, the DVD is for 9220 sound out of the wrong pin. Please read through the threads in this subforum, and in all the other threads about SigmaTel cards. Believe me, there are PLENTY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OllieBrown Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Hi there! I know you don't want to deal with any newbs trying to help out so I'll keep this simple. Can anyone point me to some resources to learn about darwin/OSX and kexts? I have experience with linux, I've compiled a kernel or two in my day, I've got lots of programming experience and have an excelent background in computer architecture. I've even taken courses in operating system design and compiler design so I've got a good theoretical background to understand and help with all of this. I'm a wiz with XCode and I've even tried to learn Objective C (though I am far from an expert)! So, where can I fill in the gaps to make all this practical and help out around here! Seth P. S. If you wanna tell me how to disable the particular kexts you mentioned then I'd be happy to send you my info as well. I've got a Dell Inspiron E1705 running 10.4.7 from the Jas install. Everything but audio works (which as I understand is the SigmaTel 9200). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OllieBrown Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 A-HA! So I did the obvious. I renamed AppleAzaliaAudio.kext and AppleHDA.kext in the /System/Library/Extensions folder to something else, rebooted, followed your instructions and viola: Jul 20 11:04:17 seth-berriers-computer kernel[0]: SigmaTelAudioDevice[0x3f0f200]::initHardware(0x32a9e80) Jul 20 11:04:17 seth-berriers-computer kernel[0]: -vvvvvv-SUBMIT INFORMATION STARTING HERE-vvvvvv- Jul 20 11:04:17 seth-berriers-computer kernel[0]: deviceID/VendorID: 0x83847690 Jul 20 11:04:17 seth-berriers-computer kernel[0]: Your codec MATCHES and the Jul 20 11:04:17 seth-berriers-computer kernel[0]: following values are Jul 20 11:04:17 seth-berriers-computer kernel[0]: CORRECT and SET BY BIOS. Jul 20 11:04:17 seth-berriers-computer kernel[0]: SPDIF in: 0x40f000f0 Jul 20 11:04:17 seth-berriers-computer kernel[0]: SPDIF out: 0x40f000f1 Jul 20 11:04:17 seth-berriers-computer kernel[0]: port A: 0x0421101f Jul 20 11:04:17 seth-berriers-computer kernel[0]: port D: 0x90170310 Jul 20 11:04:17 seth-berriers-computer kernel[0]: port C: 0x40f000f2 Jul 20 11:04:17 seth-berriers-computer kernel[0]: port B: 0x04a11020 Jul 20 11:04:17 seth-berriers-computer kernel[0]: MONO OUT: 0x40f000f3 Jul 20 11:04:17 seth-berriers-computer kernel[0]: CDPIN IN: 0x40f000f4 Jul 20 11:04:17 seth-berriers-computer kernel[0]: -^^^^^^-SUBMIT INFORMATION CONTAINED HERE-^^^^^^- Jul 20 11:04:17 seth-berriers-computer kernel[0]: SigmaTelAudioDevice[0x3f0f200]::free() The system is: Dell Inspiron E1705 (same as 9400) Intel Core Duo T2400 (1.8Ghz) Nvidia 7800 Go - 2GB ram - 94GB HD Sigmatel 9200 + Creative Audio MB OSX 10.4.7 (Jas) Best of luck! Seth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngsun45 Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 i sound card is stac9225 contoller DEV/ID=0x27d88086(in windows) test V3,output is: Jul 22 15:15:54 localhost kernel[0]: SigmaTelAudioDevice[0x260e400]::initHardware(0x20ed080) Jul 22 15:15:54 localhost kernel[0]: -vvvvvv-SUBMIT INFORMATION STARTING HERE-vvvvvv- Jul 22 15:15:54 localhost kernel[0]: deviceID/VendorID: 0x83847661 Jul 22 15:15:54 localhost kernel[0]: Your codec (0x83847661) is not a matching codec. Jul 22 15:15:54 localhost kernel[0]: -^^^^^^-SUBMIT INFORMATION CONTAINED HERE-^^^^^^- Jul 22 15:15:54 localhost kernel[0]: SigmaTelAudioDevice[0x260e400]::free() Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james2mart Posted July 22, 2006 Author Share Posted July 22, 2006 Thats what it says for all codecs that arent 0x83847690 or 0x83847691. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james2mart Posted July 22, 2006 Author Share Posted July 22, 2006 I will be leaving in about 25 hours for Florida for a church trip. I will be back on the 29th. I believe that I will have internet access, but I don't know how active I will be able to be on the scene. I will be working on the driver though, so no fear! I have also had an anonymous helper working with me as of the past few days. I hope he knows more than me, and maybe we will be able to reach a solution together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nev6 Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 I will be leaving in about 25 hours for Florida for a church trip. I will be back on the 29th. I believe that I will have internet access, but I don't know how active I will be able to be on the scene. I will be working on the driver though, so no fear! I have also had an anonymous helper working with me as of the past few days. I hope he knows more than me, and maybe we will be able to reach a solution together! Good luck sir, hope you're prepared for the heat, today was pretty miserable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetwos Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 as a note the linux drivers for the sigmatel will only send the input channel to internal speakers, not to the headphone jack, make sure you have the patched alsa driver, if you need it I have it, also driver doesn't read mic/line input Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbeehre Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 James i will be getting a new intel board soon (965) it has the 9227 sigmatel onboard audio chip, do you think there is any chance of that being supported? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macjason Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Usb audio is doing the job for me right now so i guess i can deal with it i need to rm -rf windows right now but it won't let me i get a b0 error but that is a diffrent subject Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcanis Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Yeah but using usb things on the laptop breaks the portability Im looking forward for this project, if we get a working audio driver ill buy a wireless minicard and use os x on my laptop, that would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kujila Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Hope this goes underway, can't wait until I can run OSX on my laptop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarist Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Thanks for the work. The hardware for these are very high quality alike 192K! It will sound better than my M-Audio Transit. Might there be digital in/out like the Apple macbook? This audio chip sounds incredible in Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neonkoala Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 In windows my SigmaTel 9200 has an incredible amount of annoying background humming due to it being integrated. As soon as it is fed through my amp it starts to sound terrible. I got less hum from a mini usb to headphone dongle and that was about £2 manufacturing expenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macjason Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 james2smart. Any good news or status on the sigmatel 9200 driver ? just was wondering how everything is going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 james2smart. Any good news or status on the sigmatel 9200 driver ? just was wondering how everything is going He is out of town till the 29th. Read this thread for updates: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=20774 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packagefixer Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 DELL DIMENSION E310 On-Board Audio(edit Info.plist's to change to 0x266...., was unable to find a valid Vendor-ID) USING V2: Jul 28 10:04:03 Dell-E310 kernel[0]: pci8086,2668: family specific matching fails Jul 28 10:04:03 Dell-E310 kernel[0]: SigmaTelAudioDevice[0x2f02600]::initHardware(0x268e280) Jul 28 10:04:03 Dell-E310 kernel[0]: -vvvvvv-SUBMIT INFORMATION STARTING HERE-vvvvvv- Jul 28 10:04:03 Dell-E310 kernel[0]: deviceID/VendorID: 0x00000000 Jul 28 10:04:03 Dell-E310 kernel[0]: Your codec is not a matching codec. Jul 28 10:04:03 Dell-E310 kernel[0]: -^^^^^^-SUBMIT INFORMATION CONTAINED HERE-^^^^^^- Jul 28 10:04:03 Dell-E310 kernel[0]: SigmaTelAudioDevice[0x2f02600]::free() USING V3: Jul 28 09:50:00 Dell-E310 kernel[0]: pci8086,2668: family specific matching fails Jul 28 09:50:00 Dell-E310 kernel[0]: SigmaTelAudioDevice[0x2c1ac00]::initHardware(0x268e280) Jul 28 09:50:00 Dell-E310 kernel[0]: -vvvvvv-SUBMIT INFORMATION STARTING HERE-vvvvvv- Jul 28 09:50:00 Dell-E310 kernel[0]: deviceID/VendorID: 0x00000000 Jul 28 09:50:00 Dell-E310 kernel[0]: Your codec (0x00000000) is not a matching codec. Jul 28 09:50:00 Dell-E310 kernel[0]: -^^^^^^-SUBMIT INFORMATION CONTAINED HERE-^^^^^^- Jul 28 09:50:00 Dell-E310 kernel[0]: SigmaTelAudioDevice[0x2c1ac00]::free() Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neonkoala Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 It could be that you have the SigmaTel 9223, a slightly rarer one and that is why it doesn't match. Check you have ICH6 aswell - that is the only time you have to use the Info.plist mod. You should be able to find it somewhere in System Profiler (maybe under USB?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packagefixer Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 You're right neonkoala. I'm pretty sure it will work, but I will need ICH6 testers to make sure that it does. I only have ICH7. The linux ALSA driver refers to all of the preset registers as ICH6. Also, Intel's HDA specification sheet has preset register offsets that should be the same for any High Definition Audio Controller. So in theory ICH6 chips should be good to go. In theory.... I believe my Dell E310 is an ICH6 board and is available for testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neonkoala Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 Glad to hear I'm not the only one - the more the better packagefixer . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macjason Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 james2mart keep up the good work, when you find it and everything works out you are the man, you are the man already cause you are trying to find the solution to a big problem "Well for now i will keep using my usb audio" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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