From owner-freebsd-alpha Thu Jan 2 23:26:34 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 122F137B401 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 23:26:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from view.scoundrelz.net (OSH-202-11.northpiertower.com [66.146.202.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15FC443EC5 for ; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 23:26:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hemi@scoundrelz.net) Received: from view.scoundrelz.net (localhost.scoundrelz.net [127.0.0.1]) by view.scoundrelz.net (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h037QEVO007121; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 01:26:14 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from hemi@scoundrelz.net) Received: from localhost (hemi@localhost) by view.scoundrelz.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) with ESMTP id h037QDvm007118; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 01:26:13 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: view.scoundrelz.net: hemi owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 01:26:13 -0600 (CST) From: Josh Tolbert To: Terry Lambert Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound frustration. In-Reply-To: <3E150F12.DEBB976E@mindspring.com> Message-ID: <20030103012017.K6469-100000@view.scoundrelz.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi Terry, On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Terry Lambert wrote: > Josh Tolbert wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I have a PC164LX, 533MHz 21164A and 1G RAM. I'm planning on using > > the machine for a workstation and sound would be nice. I've been fighting > > with this machine sound-wise for about three days now, so I decided to ask > > for help. > > I'm pretty sure that this box has an embedded ESS1888 or CS4231 > chip, doesn't it? Can't you use that instead of sticking in your > own sound card? Back when I had a 164-based board it has the > Crystal Semiconductor sound chip. > > If not, you might want to try reading: > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.6.2R/hardware-alpha.html > > ...specifically: > > >>> SET PCI_PARITY OFF > > There are known parity problems, that could interfere with > hardware trying to use the same bus, given that they aren't > cleared like you'd expect. > > Thanks for the suggestions. The PC164LX doesn't have integrated sound and PCI_PARITY was disabled a while ago. What sound cards use this magic ES1888 chip that everyone says works? > > If I put any sound card on the 32-bit bus, I have serious problems > > with the IDE drives in the machine. The problems eventually cause the > > machine to panic when it tries to detect the drives and eventually times > > out. > > I don't know which bridge this thing has, but a lot of the old > PCI bridges used to be limited to 2 bus master DMA devices, and > attempts to install more than 2 ended up with bogus mastering > negotiations happening. > > Other than that, you can hope someone else says something... that's > all I can say about it, myself, sorry. > > -- Terry > Thanks again, Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message