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+=== Audio Stack Improvements
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+Contact: Christos Margiolis <christos@FreeBSD.org>
+
+I have been working on the audio stack since 2024Q1. Below is a list of the previous status reports:
+
+link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-01-2024-03/#_audio_stack_improvements[2024Q1] URL: link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-01-2024-03/#_audio_stack_improvements[] +
+link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-04-2024-06/#_audio_stack_improvements[2024Q2] URL: link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-04-2024-06/#_audio_stack_improvements[] +
+link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-07-2024-09/#_audio_stack_improvements[2024Q3] URL: link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-07-2024-09/#_audio_stack_improvements[] +
+link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-10-2024-12/#_audio_stack_improvements[2024Q4] URL: link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-10-2024-12/#_audio_stack_improvements[] +
+link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/#_audio_stack_improvements[2025Q1] URL: link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/#_audio_stack_improvements[]
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+Important work since link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/#_audio_stack_improvements[last report]:
+
+* More man:sound[4] cleanups, fixes and improvements.
+* Committed man:sndctl[8] (previously mentioned as audio(8)).
+* Committed link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=e1bbaa71d62c8681a576f9f5bedf475c7541bd35[AFMT_FLOAT support].
+* More out-of-the-box laptop support.
+* Gave up on the `/dev/dsp` as a router device link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D49216[patch] in favor of https://reviews.freebsd.org/D50070[D50070] (includes relevant discussions).
+* Submitting series of patches to clean up the MIDI subsystem, and working on refactoring it into a generic layer, similar to PCM.
+* Gave BSDCan 2025 talk (link:https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/talks/vox-freebsd.pdf[slides]).
+
+Future work includes:
+
+* Port virtual_oss to base.
+* More bug fixes, support, optimizations and general improvements, in all areas of the sound stack.
+
+You can also follow the development process in link:https://lists.freebsd.org/subscription/freebsd-multimedia[freebsd-multimedia@], where I post regular reports.
+
+Sponsor: The FreeBSD Foundation

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