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Date:      Thu, 18 Apr 2002 19:31:05 +0100
From:      Jean-Mark Dupoux <jmdupoux@lineone.net>
To:        John Utz <john@utzweb.net>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Kernel config parameters for soundcard - 4.4 release
Message-ID:  <3CBF10E9.5DF9F28D@lineone.net>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0204181131001.12819-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net>

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The first thing I tried  was running the compile with  pcm instead of
snd, as per all the docs but then I got  different errors  come up, this
time during the make.  That's the only reason  I compiled with snd
instead. 

Specifically, I get a screenful of errors similar to the 2 or 3 lines
i've quoted below, and then the build stops:

midi_synth.o: In function 'midi_synth_xxxxx':
midi_synth.o(.text+0xNNN): undefined reference to 'synth_devs'
/* (similar error definitions complaining about other midi.synth.o
function calls and undefined  references repeated for several lines)  */

ending with the line:

*** Error code 1

and an abrupt stop to the make.


But in any case, it wasnt until I had a "successful" build that I
realised no mixer was being  created, so then I went back and tried to
compile with pcm again instead of snd and this time include the line
with options __SGNXPRO__ added for the mixer, but then the build  falls
over when I run /usr/sbin/config MYKERNELFILE with the exact same  error
"Unknown option __SGNXPRO__"

still cant make sense of this one, all the other documented options
i've  read about for the sb device dont kick up any errors (but they're 
not  relevant to my card !)


thanks in advance

John Utz wrote:
> 
> why are you using snd instead of pcm?
> 
> snd is pretty deprecated....
> 
> i think you will get immediately better results using sbc ( the sb bridge
> driver for pcm ) and pcm
> 
> man pcm and man sbc can be your new best friends!
> 
> On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Jean-Mark Dupoux wrote:
> 
> > Im having  problems with an option for soundcard  support to put in a
> > kernel config file. To begin with I added the following lines into the
> > config file:
> >
> > device snd
> > device sb0 at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 0 flags 0x11
> > device sbmidi0 at isa? port 0x330 irq 9
> > device opl0 at isa? port 0x388
> > device joy0 at isa? port 0x200
> >
> > The kernel compiled properly and successfully loaded the soundblaster
> > pro 3.1  driver. But I still got  no sound out of the card, using cat
> > /filename > /dev/audio or > /dev/dsp  and got the same no  sound
> > result  using play /filename
> >
> > when I checked  cat /dev/sndstat it showed that no mixer was loaded,
> > which seemed like a fair explanation for the silence, so I dug  deeper
> > in man sb(4). This turned up an extra option for the Sound Galaxy pro
> > card that I am using which should specifically add mixer support - the
> > SG card  apparently has a slightly different  mixer from a basic  SB pro
> > which  includes bass/treble adjustment, and I hoped the problem would be
> > solved.
> > So I went ahead and added the suggestion from man sb
> >
> > options __SGNXPRO__
> >
> > into the config file, right after the sound devices  section, but  now
> > the  kernel doesnt compile any more. After running
> > ln -s /usr/local/kernels/MYKERNELFILE
> > I then enter as usual:
> > /usr/sbin/config MYKERNELFILE
> >
> > but that's  as far as the process gets. The output on the screen is:
> > Error
> > Unknown option  __SGNXPRO__ (line xxx)
> >
> > I've  checked and double-checked the relevant  documentation and im sure
> > I havnt made a typo or syntax error.
> > What's more that specific  option seems  to have been present going back
> > quite  a few releases, so I'm truly puzzled why config  wont  accept it
> >
> > Has anyone else  got experience with this kind of card, or with
> > options  parameters for soundcards generally, or should I be thinking
> > about reporting this to bugs ?
> >
> > thanks in advance
> > Jean-Mark Dupoux
> > jmdupoux_@_lineone.net
> >
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> 
> --
> 
> John L. Utz III
> john@utzweb.net
> 
> Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life

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