Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 21:30:45 -0400 From: "Donald J. Maddox" <dmaddox@scsn.net> To: Peter Korsten <peter@grendel.IAEhv.nl> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sound Blaster 16 PnP Message-ID: <19970729213045.26986@scsn.net> In-Reply-To: <19970729232210.28736@grendel.IAEhv.nl>; from Peter Korsten on Tue, Jul 29, 1997 at 11:22:10PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970729183652.4898B-100000@unixc.lancs.ac.uk> <19970729232210.28736@grendel.IAEhv.nl>
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On Tue, Jul 29, 1997 at 11:22:10PM +0200, Peter Korsten wrote:
> EMANUELE COSTA shared with us:
> > I'm trying to install a Sound Balster 16 PnP and I've been told
> > that I should search for the OSS package. Could anyone help me?
>
> I was wondering, am I the only person who just looked under Windows
> 95 (tm) which resources the PnP Soundblaster 16 used and configured
> his kernel likewise? With just an PnP SB16 and a non-PnP Teles ISDN
> card, this works fine.
No, you're not the only one, but this can work *only* if you have
a PnP BIOS that puts everything where it should be at boottime. Not
everyone is so lucky.
>
> Of course, adding a PnP card would stir up things, but in my case
> that would mean rebuilding my kernel anyway (I stripped it to the
> bare essentials).
Yeah, this is another misfortune of having to rely on the BIOS to
configure the PnP cards... Adding a new PnP card will almost certainly
scramble your config :-(
>
> - Peter
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