From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Jan 3 13:20:50 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8CD537B401 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 13:20:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD7A543ED1 for ; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 13:20:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h03LKiUe098142; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 22:20:44 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h03LKiSl098141; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 22:20:44 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 22:20:44 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Josh Tolbert Cc: Andrew Gallatin , Terry Lambert , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sound frustration. Message-ID: <20030103222044.A98120@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <15893.61977.617126.551476@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20030103150747.P25893-100000@view.scoundrelz.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20030103150747.P25893-100000@view.scoundrelz.net>; from hemi@scoundrelz.net on Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 03:12:39PM -0600 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 03:12:39PM -0600, Josh Tolbert wrote: > > Huh? Its an alpha.. PCI dma is handled separately, by the core-logic > > chipset (21174 pyxis). There are no DMA channels for PCI devices. > > > > However, there are some cards which the SRM fails to setup properly. > > For example, some ATA cards get IO ports which are higher than > > they expect and barf. Perhaps this is what's happening to the > > happless user who started this thread. > > I think this may be the case with the PCI sound cards. Every > single one of them I tried wasn't identified by the manufacturer in SRM, > like every other card in the machine was. The PCI sound cards are just > identified by two sets of numbers, which I guess correspond to vendor ID > and part number. PCI sound cards were never qualified by DEC/CPQ for use in Alphas. The SRM has a hardcoded list of things it knows about. That list is not overly long ;) -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message