Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 07:59:28 -0400 From: Otter <otter@otter.cc> To: frank@exit.com Cc: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@glue.umd.edu>, Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SBLive! on FreeBSD 4.0 HOWTO Message-ID: <38EDCDA0.48EEA3E6@otter.cc> References: <200004072317.QAA05831@realtime.exit.com>
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Frank Mayhar wrote: > > Brandon Fosdick wrote: > > Walter Brameld wrote: > > > (The following information was provided by Christopher Holden and > > > Martin Minkus. I'm just putting it all together). > > > > > > Thanks to the above-mentioned, I am no longer using my SBLive! card for > > > a paper-weight. So far I have only used it to play CD sound and mp3 > > > files, so on performance your mileage may vary. Anyway, here > > > is a step-by-step of what I did: > > Eureka!!! It works on my 4.0 box. Not sure how to play cd's so I haven't > > tried that yet. I added device sbc to my kernel and I still get the DAC > > not ready message. > > > > Any idea when this will be included in the 4.0 sources? > > Just FYI, guys, but there's prelimary support for the SB Live from Cameron > Grant in -current. Most likely it'll be MFC'd to 4.0 when it has had some > shakeout. > -- > Frank Mayhar frank@exit.com http://www.exit.com/ Frank, that's what started this whole mess. I wanted to be helpful, so I wrote a HOWTO on how I got my SB Live working in -current and made it available to a few folks. I just assumed, since the branch from 4.0 was recent, that the sound drivers would be pretty much the same. Don't take me out to the tree for my hanging. I know it was a mistake to assume. I can assure you that it won't happen again. After seeing that Martin got his working in 4.0, but gave the steps he had to take to get the end result, I now feel like asshole extraordinaire. On the same note, it's shown several people that it DOES work. Depending on how bad you want it, you might want to run -current. 'cmon... everyone's doing it! ok.. so much for peer pressure. As for my add of the sbc line, it's the replacement for snd. I used this pcm/sbc combo for support of my AWE64 before I tried the SB Live. After I see that the waves have settled, I'll go back and re-write my HOWTO, and will probably end up wiping out a drive from another machine this weekend, just so i can go through the process of a 4.0 install and finalizing this once and for all. I apologize for all the confusion it may have caused. Now go enjoy your newly supported device! -Otter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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