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Date:      Mon, 14 Jan 2002 15:50:46 -0000
From:      "Lawrence Farr" <freebsd-net@epcdirect.co.uk>
To:        <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "'Daniel Frazier'" <dfrazier@magpage.com>, "'Nils Holland'" <nils@tisys.org>
Subject:   RE: VIA crahes - solved (it seems)!
Message-ID:  <001701c19d13$3d048390$c806a8c0@lfarr>
In-Reply-To: <3C42F7E1.3040508@magpage.com>

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Works fine here:

pcm0: <VIA VT82C686A> port 0xa000-0xa003,0xa400-0xa403,0xa800-0xa8ff irq
15 at device 4.5 on pci0

Im using mpg123 and XMMS though.

Lawrence Farr
EPC Direct Limited 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Daniel Frazier
> Sent: 14 January 2002 15:23
> To: Nils Holland
> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: VIA crahes - solved (it seems)!
> 
> 
> Nils Holland wrote:
> 
> > Hi folks,
> > 
> > this may well be my last report on the system crashes I 
> (and probably also
> > other people) have seen on VIA 686B boards.
> > 
> > Basically, ever since I did my latest CVSup on Saturday and 
> rubilt world as
> > well as the kernel, even the most demanding tests would not 
> allow me to
> > crash my machine. The strange thing is that my previous 
> kernel was exactly
> > from one week ago. At that time Soren's 686B fixes were 
> already in place,
> > and a message about the fix being applied even showed up in 
> my dmesg.boot.
> > So, I don't really know why this week's sources work so 
> well, as there were
> > basically no dramatic changes since the week before. But instead of
> > wondering about it, I'll be happy that it works instead ;-)
> > 
> > I'll keep my eyes on this and in case new problem should 
> occur with any of
> > my future (weekly) updates, I will report them. I do, 
> however, think that
> > the problem may now be successfully fixed *for good*, and 
> would like to
> > thank the people who worked on this. Special thanks to 
> Soren, who created
> > the fix, and of course to Matt, who worked hard on 
> debugging my problems,
> > when initially it seemed as if something was wrong with the 
> NFS code.
> > Thanks folks ;-)
> > 
> > Greetings
> > Nils
> > 
> > 
> 
> Is the built-in sound working as well?  I've got this board and I see
> this...
> 
> # dmesg | grep pcm
> pcm0: <VIA VT82C686A> port 
> 0xe400-0xe403,0xe000-0xe003,0xdc00-0xdcff irq
> 7 at device 7.5 on pci0
> 
> ...and this...
> 
> # cat /dev/sndstat
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Dec 21 2001 14:11:39
> Installed devices:
> pcm0: <VIA VT82C686A> at io 0xdc00 irq 7 (1p/1r/0v channels duplex)
> 
> ...but sound doesn't seem to be working.  When I use splay to 
> try to play
> an mp3 I get this...
> 
> $ splay -v The_Zambonis_-_I_Wanna_Drive_The_Zamboni.mp3
> The_Zambonis_-_I_Wanna_Drive_The_Zamboni.mp3:
> Cannot open /dev/dsp or /dev/sound/dsp!
> splay: Failed to open sound device.
> 
> I've got "device pcm" in my kernel config file and have done a
> "cd /dev; sh ./MAKEDEV snd0".  Is anything else required to get
> sound on this board working?
> 
> 
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