Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 11:40:11 -0800 From: Dann Lunsford <dann@greycat.com> To: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Toshiba Satellite 2595XDVD Message-ID: <19991113114011.A10550@greycat.com> In-Reply-To: <199911131904.LAA14889@mina.sr.hp.com> References: <19991113103324.A452@greycat.com> <199911131904.LAA14889@mina.sr.hp.com>
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On Sat, Nov 13, 1999 at 11:04:45AM -0800, Darryl Okahata wrote: > Dann Lunsford <dann@greycat.com> wrote: > > > I'm running 3.3-STABLE (Last world made Nov 6) on a Toshiba Satellite > > 2595XDVD. Mostly working; exceptions are the "built-in modem" (LoseModem; > [ ... ] > > The machine has an ESS ES1978 (Maestro-2) chip in it. Nothing I've tried > > As far as I can tell, the Maestro-2 is not yet supported, even in > FreeBSD-current (I'm getting a laptop with a Maestro-2 chip, and so this > is of interest to me). I've heard rumors of "soon" (perhaps within the > 2 or 3 months), but nothing definite. Hopefully, someone who has hard > information will comment. > > However, 4Front Technologies supposedly sells commercial drivers > for FreeBSD 3.3 and -current, and the Maestro-2 is supposed to be > supported. I don't know how well they work, though. For more > information, see: > > http://www.4front-tech.com/freebsd.html Yup, that's OSS. 4Front is the company, OpenSound System, the product. Doesn't work. As I said, on the Toshiba, *everything* (afaict) is tied to one IRQ, with no way to change it. OSS sees this, say's "Horrors! a shared IRQ! AAAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!" and dies. Doesn't seem exactly reasonable to me, given that IRQ's on PCI are *supposed* to be shareable. Oh, well. Thanks for the thoughts. -- Dann Lunsford The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil dann@greycat.com is that men of good will do nothing. -- Cicero To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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