Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:39:21 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> To: Tamer Ziady <ziady@in-design.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 7k Sound Message-ID: <200002221739.JAA23324@mina.sr.hp.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 21 Feb 2000 15:32:58 EST." <v04210108b4d750635e5b@[192.168.0.30]>
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Tamer Ziady <ziady@in-design.com> wrote:
> I have a Dell Inspiron 7000 and having the following problem:
>
> what should I have in the kernel for sound support?
The Inspiron 7000/7500 uses the ESS Maestro 2E sound chip, which is
not supported by FreeBSD (even in -current). The soundcard developers
would like to support it, but they apparently have no access to a system
with the Maestro 2E chip, and so they can't write a driver for it.
At one time, there used to be a commercial ($$$) soundcard driver
for FreeBSD that worked with the Maestro 2E, but that driver does not
work with -current, and there's no indication that it will ever work
with -current (although we can always hope). If you want to check it
out (it supposedly works for FreeBSD 3.4), see:
http://www.4front-tech.com/freebsd.html
[ Another possible problem with this commercial driver is that it doesn't
allow for IRQ sharing, which can be a problem if your laptop forces
IRQ sharing without any provision for changing IRQ assignments. One
laptop where this is a problem is the Inspiron 7500, where the
soundcard and USB interrupts are both forced to be IRQ 5. ]
--
Darryl Okahata
darrylo@sr.hp.com
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