Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 16:51:29 -0700 (PDT) From: "Brant M. Katkansky" <bmk@transport.com> To: jdp@polstra.com (John Polstra) Cc: bmk@transport.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound Blaster 16 PnP Message-ID: <199604262351.QAA04308@dtr.com> In-Reply-To: <199604262233.PAA08762@austin.polstra.com> from "John Polstra" at Apr 26, 96 03:33:34 pm
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> Brant wrote: > > > Meanwhile, you can use the board as long as you first boot up DOS to > > > configure it. Then reboot into FreeBSD via CTRL-ALT-DELETE. Don't > > > reboot via the reset button, or you'll probably unconfigure the board > > > again. > > > > Unfortunately, I've tried this and I can't get it to work this way > > either. > Strange, it works for me. > > I've also tried some alpha ISA PNP patches, and although the PNP probe > > sees and claims to initialize the card, the standard probe still fails. > Just a hunch, but this really sounds like a problem with your kernel > configuration, rather than a problem with the PnP stuff. Once DOS gets > the hardware configured, it ought to stay configured as long as there is > power to the board. (Or, at least, until the next hardware reset.) > Likewise for the alpha ISA PnP patches. I have a hunch that the board > really is configured OK, but your kernel is not configured right to see it. > Are you using the standard SB16 addresses and interrupts? Did you > notice the warning in "/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT" about that? The only thing I've changed is sb0 is on irq 5 in my system. > # Beware! The addresses specified below are also hard-coded in > # i386/isa/sound/sound_config.h. If you change the values here, you > # must also change the values in the include file. > For what it's worth, here are the relevant lines from my own (working) > config file: > # SoundBlaster-16 > controller snd0 > device sb0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 7 drq 1 vector sbintr > device sbxvi0 at isa? drq 5 > device sbmidi0 at isa? port 0x330 > device opl0 at isa? port 0x388 > Note, I disabled the parallel port interrupt (IRQ 7) to avoid a > conflict with this configuration. I can't disable the irq7 in my system. > Here are the probe messages I get from "dmesg": > sb0 at 0x220 irq 7 drq 1 on isa > sb0: <SoundBlaster 16 4.13> > sbxvi0 at 0x0 drq 5 on isa > sbxvo0: <SoundBlaster 16 4.13> > sbmidi0 at 0x330 on isa > <SoundBlaster MPU-401> > opl0 at 0x388 on isa > opl0: <Yamaha OPL-3 FM> Here's my kernel config: controller snd0 device sb0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 vector sbintr device sbxvi0 at isa? drq 5 device sbmidi0 at isa? port 0x330 device opl0 at isa? port 0x388 Here's the dmesg output: Apr 26 06:16:14 everest /kernel: sb0 not found at 0x220 Apr 26 06:16:14 everest /kernel: sbxvi0 not found Apr 26 06:16:14 everest /kernel: sbmidi0 not found at 0x330 Apr 26 06:16:14 everest /kernel: opl0 not found at 0x388 Apr 26 06:16:14 everest /kernel: joy0 at 0x201 on isa Apr 26 06:16:14 everest /kernel: joy0: joystick And before you ask, yes, I'm sure that my SB is configured as shown above. One other thing: the card isn't recognized under Windows 95 either, unless I load the Intel ICU device driver (for DOS). Strange, eh?
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