Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 13:43:55 -0800 From: Joseph Scott <joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu> To: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> Cc: Tamer Ziady <ziady@in-design.com>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 7k Sound Message-ID: <38B3031B.474EDF8E@owp.csus.edu> References: <200002221739.JAA23324@mina.sr.hp.com>
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Darryl Okahata wrote: > > Tamer Ziady <ziady@in-design.com> wrote: > > > I have a Dell Inspiron 7000 and having the following problem: > > > > what should I have in the kernel for sound support? > > The Inspiron 7000/7500 uses the ESS Maestro 2E sound chip, which is > not supported by FreeBSD (even in -current). The soundcard developers > would like to support it, but they apparently have no access to a system > with the Maestro 2E chip, and so they can't write a driver for it. Work has one 7500 on order right now. How much access to one of these do they need? Assuming I get FreeBSD on this thing ok when it comes in then I can look at providing an account for them to try stuff out. Unless they are in the Sacramento, CA area physical access would pretty much be out of the question though. > > At one time, there used to be a commercial ($$$) soundcard driver > for FreeBSD that worked with the Maestro 2E, but that driver does not > work with -current, and there's no indication that it will ever work > with -current (although we can always hope). If you want to check it > out (it supposedly works for FreeBSD 3.4), see: > > http://www.4front-tech.com/freebsd.html > > [ Another possible problem with this commercial driver is that it doesn't > allow for IRQ sharing, which can be a problem if your laptop forces > IRQ sharing without any provision for changing IRQ assignments. One > laptop where this is a problem is the Inspiron 7500, where the > soundcard and USB interrupts are both forced to be IRQ 5. ] -- Joseph Scott joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu Office Of Water Programs - CSU Sacramento To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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