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Date:      Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:25:58 -0500
From:      Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>
To:        Andrew Reilly <andrew-freebsd@areilly.bpc-users.org>
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Driver failed to allocate 49152 bytes of DMA buffer?
Message-ID:  <43E197E6.4030302@rogers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060202050223.GA21154@gurney.reilly.home>
References:  <20060202040253.GA20444@gurney.reilly.home> <43E18BE6.4010502@rogers.com> <20060202050223.GA21154@gurney.reilly.home>

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Andrew Reilly wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 11:34:46PM -0500, Mike Jakubik wrote:
>   
>> Andrew Reilly wrote:
>>     
>>> What are the chances that there has been a regression of some
>>> sort in this area since 6.0-RELEASE (which didn't boot on the
>>> board because of ACPI issues that have since been fixed)?
>>>  
>>>       
>> /usr/src/UPDATING:
>>
>> 20051230:
>>        A lot of fixes and new features in the soundsystem. To get all
>>        benefits, you may want to recompile mplayer (if installed) after
>>        booting the new world.
>>
>>
>> Always read this file before updating.
>>     
>
> I'm afraid that I don't understand how this relates to my question.
> Could you clarify, please?  I'm not trying to use the native sound
> drivers (they still don't support my envy24-based card), but rather
> the third-party, closed-source driver from www.4front-tech.com.
>
> That UPDATING comment reads to me to refer to an ioctl API change
> that affects user-land programs.  I already have to deal with that
> anyway, because the FreeBSD native sound drivers, and their APIs
> have diverged somewhat from the original OSS (which is more or less
> what the 4front driver supports).
>   

I'm just saying that this may be the cause, since thats the only thing 
sound related thats changed since -RELEASE. Have you brought up the 
issue with 4front?




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