Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 19:26:48 -0700 From: William Bloom <wbloom@eldocomp.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Example Loadable Driver (cdevsw) and OSS Message-ID: <20030513192648.3bce67e3.wbloom@eldocomp.com>
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The www.opensound.com (OSS) developers mention in their forum that the example loadable driver at /usr/share/examples/kld/cdev, when built, will panic a post-500104 kernel because the example's source has never been updated for the recent dynamic major device number change. Since this example is a reference used by the OSS developers for their FreeBSD driver development, then they therefore do not know what needs to be done in order to update their sound drivers for 5-CURRENT. In fact, the present OSS drivers also panic the system in the same way if loaded into a post-500104 kernel. Until the loadable driver examples are brought up to date, the OSS fellows are stymied, they are telling customers. This happens to matter especially to those of us who happen to be using a Dell system with the Dell SBLive! 5.1 card, for which there is no native FreeBSD driver yet (but for which a driver is available, though, from OSS). Does anyone know whether there is a todo-item among the FreeBSD team to bring the loadable drivers examples up to date? Slight change in subject... For anyone who can shed light, the chipset ID for a Creative Labs SBLive! card is 0x0002 (EMU10k1), for an Audigy it's 0x0004 (EMU10K2), and for the Dell SBLive! 5.1 it's 0x0006 (from pciconf -l). According to device lists, this is the emu10k1x chipset for "Soundblaster Live! 5.1". Bill -- William Bloom <wbloom@eldocomp.com> (602) 604-3100 Eldorado Computing, Inc. 5353 North 16th Street, Suite 400 Phoenix, Az 85016 http://www.eldocomp.com Eldorado Test Disclaimer...please ignore.
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