Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 13:32:37 -0700 (MST) From: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com> To: Werner Griessl <werner@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: unknown soundcard Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991229040419.7166A-100000@calvin.saturn-tech.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.991229105347.werner@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de>
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On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Werner Griessl wrote: ... ESS 1938 PCI Sound subsystem does not work... > > Does anyone have a data sheet for this chip (family?) so we can write a > > real driver? I can't see one on the ESS web site. > > I believe, there is a "DOS"-Driver on the CD, shipped with the card. > But is it possible to boot ELF-FBSD from DOS ? > I know it was possible with "fbsdboot" in the aout-days. Many non-PNP cards don't get reset if you do a CONTROL-ALT-DEL warm boot, (or a warmboot.com). I haven't tried this recently, however, and I suppose that PNP cards end up being reset during the BIOS boot and/or BSD boot & detect PNP devices. It's just a thought. :) I've got an old Adaptec 2825 (aic, VLB version of 1520) that NT4 leaves in some strange state when you shutdown / reboot. FBSD 2.2.7 and 4.0-C can both boot fine afterwards, but NT will not get past the initial blue detection screen unless you press RESET. Good thing 4.0-C is the default on the NTLoader. :) I don't see a DOS driver on the Asus CD I have handy, although there is an ESSOLO.COM in the W95 directory. I'll boot to DOS and see what that IS, as doscmd doesn't like it. (It's a device driver, so big surprise :)) Can you send me a copy of the DOS mode driver shipped for your card so I can see if they are the same? -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 20976 Aug 6 1998 ESFM.DRV* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 80464 Aug 6 1998 ESSDM.VXD* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10496 Aug 6 1998 ESSMPU.DRV* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 26706 Aug 6 1998 ESSOLO.COM* <-- DOS? -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 92448 Aug 6 1998 ESSOLO.DRV* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10062 Aug 6 1998 ESSOLO.SYS* <-- DOS? -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 44685 Aug 6 1998 ESSOLO.VXD* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 56670 Mar 30 1998 ESSSWT.DAT* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 21280 Aug 6 1998 ESSSWT.DRV* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 110234 May 26 1998 ESSSWT.VXD* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 20649 Aug 6 1998 OEMSETUP.INF* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1466 Sep 3 1998 README.TXT* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 733 Sep 1 1998 W95SETUP.TXT* Again, does anyone have data for this chip? I'd like to write a driver, or at least a hack to put the card in SB mode to get at least basic output. Thinking about this yesterday, is it not probably a good first step for any card we don't yet have direct support for? A small driver that knows how to put various chipsets into SB mode or WSS mode? Comments? Later...... <Doug> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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