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Date:      Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:44:07 +1000
From:      jonathan michaels <jlm@caamora.com.au>
To:        Bernt Hansson <bernt@bah.homeip.net>
Cc:        freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: sound card and freebsd v7.0
Message-ID:  <20080927094407.32884@caamora.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <48DC86BA.4060108@bah.homeip.net>; from Bernt Hansson on Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 08:52:42AM %2B0200
References:  <20080926143458.30732@caamora.com.au> <48DC86BA.4060108@bah.homeip.net>

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greetings, bernt,

thank you for the help ..

On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 08:52:42AM +0200, Bernt Hansson wrote:
> jonathan michaels:
> 
> > 
> > Sep 26 13:26:46 hostid kernel: pci0: <bridge> at device 4.3 (no driver attached)
> > Sep 26 13:26:46 hostid kernel: csa0: <CS4280/CS4614/CS4622/CS4624/CS4630> mem 0xf4100000-0xf4100fff,0xf4000000-0xf40fffff irq 10 at device 6.0 on pci0
> > Sep 26 13:26:46 hostid kernel: csa: card is Unknown/invalid SSID (CS4614)
> > Sep 26 13:26:46 hostid kernel: csa0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> > Sep 26 13:26:46 hostid kernel: csa0: [ITHREAD]
> > Sep 26 13:26:46 hostid kernel: pcm0: <CS461x PCM Audio> on csa0
> > Sep 26 13:26:46 hostid kernel: pcm0: <Cirrus Logic CS4297 AC97 Codec>
> > Sep 26 13:26:46 hostid kernel: pcm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> > Sep 26 13:26:46 hostid kernel: pcm0: [ITHREAD]
> > 
> > i enabled all teh sound drivers on boot and this is what is in teh
> > /var/log/messages said aboutt he sound card.
> 
> How did you enable the sounddriver?

after the initial install, i created/editied a /boot/loader.conf.local
file to enable all teh sound drivers to see which one came up as being
the one .. grin.

then, i plan to redit teh /boot/loader.conf.local file to reflect teh
changes, after testing .. i am at teh testing stage .. still <smile>.

> What is the output of cat /dev/sndstat?

FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 32bit 2007061600/i386)
Installed devices:
pcm0: <CS461x PCM Audio> at irq 10 kld snd_csa [GIANT] (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex default)

> What is the output of kldstat?

Id Refs Address    Size     Name
 1   39 0xc0400000 906518   kernel
 2   35 0xc0d07000 4a5ac    sound.ko
 3    1 0xc0d52000 3730     snd_driver.ko
 4    2 0xc0d56000 5014     snd_ad1816.ko
 5    2 0xc0d5c000 56b0     snd_als4000.ko
 6    2 0xc0d62000 72f8     snd_atiixp.ko
 7    2 0xc0d6a000 5858     snd_cmi.ko
 8    2 0xc0d70000 5820     snd_cs4281.ko
 9    3 0xc0d76000 8aec     snd_csa.ko
10    2 0xc0d7f000 b890     snd_ds1.ko
11    2 0xc0d8b000 14d04    snd_emu10kx.ko
12    2 0xc0da0000 90b0     snd_envy24.ko
13    4 0xc0daa000 2a58     snd_spicds.ko
14    2 0xc0dad000 80c8     snd_envy24ht.ko
15    2 0xc0db6000 8a5c     snd_es137x.ko
16    2 0xc0dbf000 5ba4     snd_ess.ko
17    5 0xc0dc5000 4c44     snd_sbc.ko
18    2 0xc0dca000 4d60     snd_fm801.ko
19    3 0xc0dcf000 c330     snd_mss.ko
20    2 0xc0ddc000 14324    snd_hda.ko
21    2 0xc0df1000 6f88     snd_ich.ko
22    2 0xc0df8000 9220     snd_maestro.ko
23    2 0xc0e02000 a3c4     snd_maestro3.ko
24    2 0xc0e0d000 116a0    snd_neomagic.ko
25    2 0xc0e1f000 532c     snd_sb16.ko
26    2 0xc0e25000 4c88     snd_sb8.ko
27    2 0xc0e2a000 5ef4     snd_solo.ko
28    2 0xc0e30000 5a74     snd_t4dwave.ko
29    2 0xc0e36000 7f24     snd_via8233.ko
30    2 0xc0e3e000 4fa8     snd_via82c686.ko
31    2 0xc0e43000 5bc0     snd_vibes.ko
32    1 0xc0e49000 6a32c    acpi.ko
33    1 0xc2486000 22000    linux.ko
34    1 0xc26c7000 2000     warp_saver.ko
 
> > the drive is a 120 gb hitachi deskstar .. linux (several of teh most
> > recent distributions, ubuntu/centos/fedora sees it as a 120 gb, as
> > dose solaris v10/v11 but freebsd calls it a 114 gb drive
> 
> That's quite simple, freebsd calls it for what it is a 114 Gb disk.

sorry, i am a bit nervious with this v7 installation, i had some real
'issues' with the installation of freebsd v6.2 on my hardware and they
seem to being repeated with this v7 .. i am using the basic sysinstall
tool set that provides a basic installation.

i do not understand this .. i mean i do not understant how freebsd can
take a drive with the cylinders/heads/sectors that produces xxx million
sectors that muitiplied by 512 bytes producs 120 gb (real gb) solaris
also identifies this as a 120 gb drive as do several linux distrinutions
(centos and ubuntu based).

one item i forgot to include that freebsd v7 came back with several
different (with several succesive reboots) free space guesses (no
intervention from me just putting in teh dvd and booting .. in several
machines whose bios' all said that this is a 120 (real) gb drive

could this be a "lba" confusion/issue between teh drive/bios/freebsd
interpretation ?? it is a term i recall from earlier, when thes
kinds of drives first appeared and casued significant consternations
for everybody not just freebsd. it is a problems as far as i have
several of thes drives to be putting into several 'server' machines
where this kind of freespace 'loss' would become an issue --- hardware
density, as in drivers per terabyte leading to power consumption/space
and heating conciderations in raid arrays (five and ten drive rack)s

this is not a 'real' problem as 95 gb (whats left after install from a
114 gb start point) is more than enough for this boxes task-load. it is
that i find this a bit confusing/interesting, esp given that fresbie
v1.1 aslo sees this as a 120 gb drive ???  just interested in fiding
out what is going on and if this is a pointer to future hardware
mis-identification --- i understand the difference between "real"
gigabytes and "marketing department" gigabytes

much kind regards and appreciations

with thanks

jonathan

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