git: 20a50568c3 - main - Status/2025Q1/audio.adoc: Add report

The branch main has been updated by christos:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=20a50568c34dc2f1dcc85ca4b22d33dd5f72fdbb

commit 20a50568c34dc2f1dcc85ca4b22d33dd5f72fdbb
Author:     Christos Margiolis <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: 2025-03-26 18:29:08 +0000
Commit:     Christos Margiolis <[email protected]>
CommitDate: 2025-04-14 15:16:39 +0000

    Status/2025Q1/audio.adoc: Add report
    
    Sponsored by:           The FreeBSD Foundation
    Reviewed by:            salvadore, Chris Moerz <[email protected]>
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D49524
---
 .../en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/audio.adoc    | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)

diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/audio.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/audio.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4fb6b1d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-01-2025-03/audio.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+=== Audio Stack Improvements
+
+Contact: Christos Margiolis <[email protected]>
+
+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]
+* link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-04-2024-06/#_audio_stack_improvements[2024Q2]
+* link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-07-2024-09/#_audio_stack_improvements[2024Q3]
+* link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-10-2024-12/#_audio_stack_improvements[2024Q4]
+
+Important work since link:https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-10-2024-12/#_audio_stack_improvements[last report]:
+
+* Large refactor in man:sound[4]'s format conversion framework: link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=433e270f341cf660b2fe125c2e0f733073829188[433e270f341c].
+  Further simplifications and refactors in the rest of the processing chain.
+* Implemented link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=e1bbaa71d62c8681a576f9f5bedf475c7541bd35[AFMT_FLOAT] support.
+* More out-of-the-box laptop support, especially Framework models.
+* Virtual channels are now allocated on-demand: link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=02d4eeabfd73e6a827f5d42601e99aad92060b04[02d4eeabfd73]
+* Re-implementing `/dev/dsp` as a virtual/router device: link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D49216[D49216].
+  Apart from the standalone benefits of this change, it will also help us improve automatic sound redirection in man:snd_hda[4].
+* More man:sound[4] cleanups, fixes and improvements.
+* New virtual_oss release: https://github.com/freebsd/virtual_oss/releases/tag/v1.3.2
+* Got my audio-related BSDCan 2025 talk proposal accepted.
+* Put porting SOF to FreeBSD on the backburner for now.
+  See link:https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-multimedia/2025-March/002889.html[here] for an explanation.
+* In contact with potential GSOC students interested in link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCodeIdeas#Port_virtual_oss_to_base[porting virtual_oss to base].
+
+Future work includes:
+
+* Finish currently open tasks.
+* More bug fixes, support, optimizations and general improvements, in all areas of the sound stack.
+* Get back to link:https://reviews.freebsd.org/D46227[audio(8)]
+* Implement a generic MIDI layer, similar to pcm/, and improve/modernize the MIDI codebase in general.
+
+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