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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> > Now that you see some utility in using linux for sound,
> > would you want to provide a small sound-capable kernel
>
> I think the bare.i kernel is best for people wanting
> something extra (like sound or firewalling or wireless).
> Bare.i covers all the bases (including CONFIG NET_RADIO).
>
> As it is, mplayer only works on PIIs and above, so our
> current fascination with sound is only marginally relevant
> to our target hardware.

No, mplayer second version also works on my PI's but it needs a later 
kernel and ALSA to actually play sound.  However David came up with a nice 
script in which mplayer converts the sound to .wav and sox plays it as 
streaming audio.  I have used it on my PI to play ogg, mp3, realaudio, and 
one wmp file (I managed to find one but the .asx files don't usually seem 
to contain a URL).  Second version is currently posted and I posted 
David's script http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/mplay with a description of 
it /.../bl/blfiles.htm

> > I made my own.
>
> Me too.  You get the best performance from Linux by compiling
> a kernel precisely configured for your hardware.
>
> > but it supports only the few ethernet cards that I have,
> > and I made a few other changes to it.  Pentium only.
>
> My sound kernel is PII only (to match my hardware).

Feel free to try mine for playing sound on a PI.  Same location as above, 
zimage.ss.  I just compiled zimage.ssz which I will post, which should 
work with imm.o zip drives. (I left it out last time).

> Cheers,
> Steven
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