=== Audio Stack Improvements

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[] +
link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2025-04-2025-06/#_audio_stack_improvements[2025Q2] URL: link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2025-04-2025-06/#_audio_stack_improvements[]

Important work since link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2025-04-2025-06/#_audio_stack_improvements[last report]:

* virtual_oss to base port in review: link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D52308[D52308], link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D52365[D52365], link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D52366[D52366], link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D52426[D52426], and more.
* man:snd_hda[4] sound redirection patch (link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D50070[D50070]) almost done.
* More man:sound[4] cleanups, fixes and improvements.
* More out-of-the-box laptop support.
* Wrote BSDCan 2025 trip report for the FreeBSD Journal.
* Working on FreeBSD Journal audio article.

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