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Date:      Fri, 07 Apr 2000 07:59:28 -0400
From:      Otter <otter@otter.cc>
To:        frank@exit.com
Cc:        Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@glue.umd.edu>, Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SBLive! on FreeBSD 4.0 HOWTO
Message-ID:  <38EDCDA0.48EEA3E6@otter.cc>
References:  <200004072317.QAA05831@realtime.exit.com>

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Frank Mayhar wrote:
> 
> Brandon Fosdick wrote:
> > Walter Brameld wrote:
> > > (The following information was provided by Christopher Holden and
> > > Martin Minkus. I'm just putting it all together).
> > >
> > > Thanks to the above-mentioned, I am no longer using my SBLive! card for
> > > a paper-weight. So far I have only used it to play CD sound and mp3
> > > files, so on performance your mileage may vary. Anyway, here
> > > is a step-by-step of what I did:
> > Eureka!!! It works on my 4.0 box. Not sure how to play cd's so I haven't
> > tried that yet. I added device sbc to my kernel and I still get the DAC
> > not ready message.
> >
> > Any idea when this will be included in the 4.0 sources?
> 
> Just FYI, guys, but there's prelimary support for the SB Live from Cameron
> Grant in -current.  Most likely it'll be MFC'd to 4.0 when it has had some
> shakeout.
> --
> Frank Mayhar frank@exit.com     http://www.exit.com/

Frank, that's what started this whole mess. I wanted to be helpful, so I
wrote a HOWTO on how I got my SB Live working in -current and made it
available to a few folks. I just assumed, since the branch from 4.0 was
recent, that the sound drivers would be pretty much the same. Don't take
me out to the tree for my hanging. I know it was a mistake to assume. I
can assure you that it won't happen again. After seeing that Martin got
his working in 4.0, but gave the steps he had to take to get the end
result, I now feel like asshole extraordinaire. On the same note, it's
shown several people that it DOES work. Depending on how bad you want
it, you might want to run -current. 'cmon... everyone's doing it! ok..
so much for peer pressure. 
 As for my add of the sbc line, it's the replacement for snd. I used
this pcm/sbc combo for support of my AWE64 before I tried the SB Live.
After I see that the waves have settled, I'll go back and re-write my
HOWTO, and will probably end up wiping out a drive from another machine
this weekend, just so i can go through the process of a 4.0 install and
finalizing this once and for all. I apologize for all the confusion it
may have caused. Now go enjoy your newly supported device!
-Otter


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