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Date:      Fri, 29 Mar 2002 17:35:19 -0600 (CST)
From:      John Utz <john@utzweb.net>
To:        "Adam D. Gorski" <agorski@engin.umich.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SB problem (was: Cat'ing /dev/audio)
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0203291733180.11448-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.33.0203291810570.10192-100000@and.engin.umich.edu>

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On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Adam D. Gorski wrote:

> Hrm, no, I was told not to try that. 

well, it's not optimal. but i have used it before to good effect.

> I guess I could do that, but do I need to make some modifications in BSD
> as well?

no, you wouldnt need to mess with your build.

but dont do it now. i think the p2 flag is the next thing you should try

> - Adam
> 
> On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, John Utz wrote:
> 
> ::that's an interesting result
> ::
> ::have you tried hardwiring the irq's in the bios?
> ::
> ::
> ::On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Adam D. Gorski wrote:
> ::
> ::> Ok.. I compared dmesg versus pciconf -l, and I found this.. I dunno if this
> ::> means anything, but I figured I'd mention it... the first matching works,
> ::> which is for my 3Com card:
> ::>
> ::> * dmesg:
> ::> xl0: <3Com 3c900B-TPO Etherlink XL> port 0xd000-0xd07f mem
> ::> 0xe1000000-0xe100007f irq 9 at device 9.0 on pci0
> ::>
> ::> * pciconf -l
> ::> xl0@pci0:9:0:   class=0x020000 card=0x900410b7 chip=0x900410b7 rev=0x04
> ::> hdr=0x00
> ::>
> ::> So both show IRQ 9 (if I'm reading the output right) which seems fine..
> ::> but.. check out my RTL and SB outputs:
> ::>
> ::> * dmesg
> ::> rl0: <RealTek 8139 10/100BaseTX> port 0x9800-0x98ff mem
> ::> 0xe0000000-0xe00000ff irq 11 at device 12.0 on pci0
> ::>
> ::> pcm0: <Creative CT5880-C> port 0xa000-0xa03f irq 10 at device 11.0 on pci0
> ::>
> ::> * pciconf -l
> ::> rl0@pci0:12:0:  class=0x020000 card=0x813910ec chip=0x813910ec rev=0x10
> ::> hdr=0x00
> ::>
> ::> pcm0@pci0:11:0: class=0x040100 card=0x20001274 chip=0x58801274 rev=0x02
> ::> hdr=0x00
> ::>
> ::>
> ::> Ok, notice how one lists the SB @ IRQ 10, while the other shows it @ IRQ 11?
> ::> I dunno, just something that caught my eye based on the suggestions below.
> ::>
> ::> Maybe this helps,
> ::>
> ::> - Adam
> ::>
> ::>
> ::> On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 bdodson@scms.utmb.edu wrote:
> ::>
> ::> ::On 29 Mar, Adam D. Gorski wrote:
> ::> ::> Hey,
> ::> ::>
> ::> ::> Thanks for the response. I went into my BIOS and told it that I don't have a
> ::> ::> PnP OS, but the modules still did not detect the card. So I re-compiled the
> ::> ::> kernel with 'device pcm', and the card is detected once again, but the
> ::> ::> problems persist. I'm going to try some things that were suggested still,
> ::> ::> and hopefully I'll get at least a step closer to the solution. Thanks once
> ::> ::> again!
> ::> ::>
> ::> ::> - Adam
> ::> ::>
> ::> ::
> ::> ::Hmm...  I'm out of ideas.  The bare 'device pcm' is right for devices
> ::> ::being configured by pnp (as all pci devices are).   'device pcm0 ......'
> ::> ::is right for devices which need to be hand configured (only isa or
> ::> ::pccard devices).  It sounds to me like you may have pci irq (or other
> ::> ::resource) conflicts.  You might try to do
> ::> ::
> ::> ::pciconf -vl (as root)
> ::> ::
> ::> ::and see if anything shows up that looks obviously bogus.  I'm sorry I
> ::> ::can't help you with the interpretation, but if you post the result to
> ::> ::the multimedia list, this may allow them to give you better help.
> ::> ::
> ::> ::Good luck,
> ::> ::Bud
> ::> ::
> ::> ::> On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 bdodson@scms.utmb.edu wrote:
> ::> ::>
> ::> ::> ::(reading your post via the archives, not subscribed to multimedia)
> ::> ::> ::
> ::> ::> ::I'm sure that someone will point out that FreeBSD is NOT a "PnP OS", so
> ::> ::> ::you need to set your BIOS to "PnP OS = NO".  I have no idea whether that
> ::> ::> ::will fix your problem, but I know for sure setting it to YES is wrong.
> ::> ::> ::That is probably why the modules did not work right: nothing is
> ::> ::> ::configuring PNP.
> ::> ::> ::
> ::> ::> ::Good luck,
> ::> ::> ::Bud Dodson
> ::> ::> ::
> ::> ::
> ::> ::
> ::> ::--
> ::> ::M. L. Dodson                                bdodson@scms.utmb.edu
> ::> ::409-772-2178                                FAX: 409-772-1790
> ::> ::
> ::> ::
> ::>
> ::>
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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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