Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:33:40 -0500 From: "T.M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: missing /dev/midi with CMI8738 Message-ID: <3F9D7314.7020708@mail.ptd.net> References: <3F8A7AC1.9090909@mail.ptd.net> <20031013160743.GN533@funkthat.com> <20031015211635.GF1810@cnd.mcgill.ca> <3F9CE878.7040903@mail.ptd.net>
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T.M. Sommers wrote: > Mathew Kanner wrote: > >> On Oct 13, John-Mark Gurney wrote: >> >>> T.M. Sommers wrote this message on Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 06:13 -0400: >>> >>>> -> cat /boot/loader.conf >>>> snd_pcm_load="YES" # Digital sound subsystem >>>> snd_cmi_load="YES" # cmi >>> >>> >>> This is for digital sound only, not for midi. >>> >>> >>>> Another device is using irq 9, but that shouldn't be a problem, >>>> should it? >>>> >>>> ohci0: <AcerLabs M5237 (Aladdin-V) USB controller> mem >>>> 0xeb800000-0xeb800fff irq 9 at device 2.0 on pci0 >>>> >>>> Does anyone have any ideas about how to get midi working? Thanks. >>> >>> It looks like midi isn't a loadable module, but you can try to recomile >>> your kernel with: >>> device seq >>> device midi >>> >>> and that should give you the necessary devices to do midi. I haven't >>> used this, so I'm not sure it'll work, but give it a try. Hope it helps >>> you! >> >> The stock midi drivers has nothing for cmi. I've posted links >> to my driver which does support cmi. > > > Thanks. I did not find it myself because I was searching for CMI8738, > not cmi. > > Unfortunately, when I try to load it, it fails: > > -> kldload snd_cmi > kldload: can't load snd_cmi: File exists > > which seems odd. kldload(2) is returning -1. > > kldunload does not work, either: > > -> kldunload snd_cmi > kldunload: can't find file snd_cmi: No such file or directory Never mind. The sound device was statically built into the kernel; when I changed that, I was able to load the modified snd_cmi, and /dev/midi0.0 exists. However, I still have a problem. The midiplay program runs, and reports no errors, but no sound comes out of the speakers.
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