Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 20:26:52 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Dave Uhring <duhring@charter.net> Cc: Phil Homewood <pdh@bit.net.au>, Dave Edmondson <david@jlc.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pcm driver Message-ID: <20000925202651.B18075@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <00092517535400.00237@dave.uhring.com>; from duhring@charter.net on Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 05:44:33PM -0500 References: <200009250451.e8P4pY200914@thought.org> <20000925142015.A72441@verdi.jlc.net> <20000926082304.A21277@atlas.bit.net.au> <00092517535400.00237@dave.uhring.com>
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On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 05:44:33PM -0500, Dave Uhring wrote: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Phil Homewood wrote: > > Dave Edmondson wrote: > > > I finally got a Sound Blaster 16 non-PnP model working. Both pcm and sbc > > > had to be in the old ISA: > > > > > > pcm0 at isa? ... > > > sbc0 at isa? ... > > > > > > ...format. After remaking sbc0, it seemed to work fine. > > [[ ... ]] > > This topic has been hashed to death previously on this forum. The SB16, SB > Vibra16, the Ensoniq 1371-1373 and many other sound cards use *only* device > pcm. device pcm is 16 bit sound, device sbc0 is 8 bit sound. I presently have > a SB16 installed and am using RealPlayer7 to listen to Beethoven's Emperor > Concerto in vivid 16 bit clear stereo. I previously had the SB Vibra 16 and > Ensoniq 1373 installed. Using ONLY device pcm, all of them worked perfectly. > See the attached kernel config file "dave" and dmesg. Note the kernel build > date. It is the same date as cvsup and make buildworld. > > If sbc1 or pcm1 appear in your dmesg, you have to "sh /dev/MAKEDEV snd1". If > sbc0 or pcm0 appear in your dmest, you "sh /dev/MAKEDEV snd0". > Trying this now and will let the list know. --At least the word about sound and 4.X is spreading, so there are that many more to help next time. thanks, gary PS: In my other FBSD platform I've got an AWE64 and device pcm seems to have been correct. -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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