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Date:      Sun, 10 Aug 1997 14:18:26 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Hmmmz <garbanzo@hooked.net>
To:        Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com>
Cc:        multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: AWE32/64 support?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.96.970810141603.21528A-100000@fish.hooked.net>
In-Reply-To: <19970810154112.04412@ct.picker.com>

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On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Randall Hopper wrote:

>      To the first question, the driver itself doesn't have PnP detection
> and initialization, but you can still use your card with it.  You need to
> grab Sujal Patel's ISA PnP Tools and link those into your kernel.  Once
> they init the card, the driver will detect and use it.

Well, I honestl don't think it's a PnP thing, even though my card is a PnP
device, because the sb, sb16midi and sb16 lines detect the card fine.
*shrug* Who knows.
 
> Here's one URL to Sujal's package:
> 
>      ftp://rah.star-gate.com/pub/FreeBSD-ISA_PnP_June8.tar.gz
> 
> I've gotten e-mail and seen list posts from several folks that have gotten
> their PnP SoundBlaster cards (e.g. AWE32 PnP, AWE64 PnP, and SB16 PnP)
> working using Sujal's kit.
> 
>      Note that once the experimental sound drivers Amancio and Luigi are
> heading-up the rework for stabilize and are checked in, PnP init for
> soundcards in general will probably be handled in the sound drivers
> themselves.  For now though it's handled external to the sound drivers with
> the ISA PnP tools.

Thank you very much for this help.

- alex




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