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Date:      Sun, 20 Feb 2000 03:00:14 +0000
From:      Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
To:        Ernst de Haan <ernst@jollem.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SoundBlaster Live!
Message-ID:  <20000220030014.G336@marder-1>
In-Reply-To: <38AF0DEE.D9743A24@jollem.com>
References:  <38AEFED0.5FD6F58E@jollem.com> <20000219204323.B336@marder-1> <38AF0DEE.D9743A24@jollem.com>

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On Sat, Feb 19, 2000 at 10:41:02PM +0100, Ernst de Haan wrote:
> Hey Mark,
> 
> Is pcm1 a -CURRENT feature?

No

> My 3.4-STABLE pcm man page says:
> 
> NAME
>      pcm - FreeBSD audio device driver
> 
> SYNOPSIS
>      device pcm0 at isa? port? tty irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x15
>  
> There's nothing on a pcm1 driver. Any pointers?
> 

I read an article somewhere that explained it but I can't remember
where. Basically pcm is, as you quoted from the manpage, an audio
device driver and it works or both ISA and PCI devices.

Originally I had a no-name Yamaha OPL3 ISA card which, with

	   device pcm0 .....

in my kernel was found as pcm0. I replaced it with a SB PCI128 and ,
with the *same* kernel, it was found as pcm1 and nothing found at
pcm0. From dmesg:

es1: <AudioPCI ES1371> rev 0x06 int a irq 11 on pci0.11.0
pcm1: using I/O space register mapping at 0x6800
es1371: codec vendor CRY revision 19
es1371: codec features Bass & Treble Headphone out 20bit DAC 18bit ADC
es1371: stereo enhancement: Crystal Semiconductor 3D Stereo Enhancement

[snip]

pcm0 not found

If I change ``device pcm0....'' to ``device pcm1...'' my SB is found at
pcm2 and I get ``pcm1 not found''.

The number specified in the ``device pcm...'' line is reserved for
ISA, and PCI devices are always found at the next number.

HTH


> Ernst
> 
> 
> Mark Ovens wrote:
> > 
> > On Sat, Feb 19, 2000 at 09:36:32PM +0100, Ernst de Haan wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Anyone had any luck getting the SoundBlaster Live! to work under FreeBSD.
> > > I know FreeBSD isn't aimed at providing desktop users fancy soundcard
> > > drivers, but I would like the card to work and I don't want to switch to
> > > Linux, just because my sound card won't work.
> > >
> > > I can't even play CD audio, and I think that's kinda weird.
> > >
> > > The pcm0 driver only supports ISA cards,
> > 
> > No it doesn't. If your system has a PCI card it will be found as pcm1
> > (pcm0 is reserved for ISA devices).
> > 
> > > but I don't seem to be able to
> > > find any PCI drivers.
> > >
> > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Experiences from fellow
> > > SBLive/FreeBSD users as well. :-)
> > >
> > > Ernst
> > >
> > > --
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