Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 18:03:28 -0700 From: "Robert Ramey" <ramey@rrsd.com> To: <julian@whistle.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Media GX question Message-ID: <19990708010437.C7295249E6@acme.sb.west.net>
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I saw your post in the FreeBSD Mailing list about the MediaGX. I am currently trying to get the the speakfree package to work on this system. I have been able to get the system to play *.au files out the speakers using cat monkey.au >/dev/audio but when I run the program sfspeaker & the program quits is signal 11 - SIGSEGV Segmentation Fault - I believe. The same program doesn't exhibit that behavior on another system so I suspect the mediaGX. a) Do you have any suggestions about this? b) Do you know if any of the CYRIX options in the LINT system kernel build configuration file should be invoked? If so which ones? c) Where do you get your info on the MediaGX. The cyrix/national web site is very superficial in my opinion. Although the current system uses a 266mhz chip - I am very wary that that number is a useful basis of comparison. I am currious how the on board video using system dram slows this down. It looks like this system doesn't have any on chip cache. Do you have any information on this subject. d) We are evaluatiing the usage of a mediaGX motherboard for an "emmbedded" product. e) So far I have managed to get FreeBSD working on this system quite satisfactorily. I only have 800x600 video working so far but thats good enough for now. This is the first problem that I have encountered in which I suspect the mediaGX itself. f) Does the implementation of media GX sound support full duplex? Does the FreeBSD SB sound driver support this? g) Did you write your own BIOS or what. My understanding of FreeBSD is that the BIOS is not used except for settup the the cpu at boot time and for a few specialized functions such as automatic powermanagement. Thankyou for your help. Robert Ramey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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