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Date:      Sun, 09 Sep 2001 11:27:09 -0400
From:      "Kenneth Mays" <kmays2000@hotmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Fwd: Re: sound problem on laptop using 4.4-RC
Message-ID:  <LAW2-F39CUyZqoG8Zy400001bee@hotmail.com>

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FYI.

>From: "Kenneth Mays" <kmays2000@hotmail.com>
>To: webmaster@open2view.com, dan@freebsd.org
>CC: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
>Subject: Re: sound problem on laptop using 4.4-RC
>Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 10:53:18 -0400
>
>I have the same issue on the Thinkpad 600E (2645-4au). The generic kernel
>doesn't pick up the Crystal CS4239 sound chip. If you add "device pcm" to
>your kernel you get this:
>
>"csa0: <CS4610/CS4611> mem 0x50000000-0x500fffff,0x50100000-0x50100fff irq
>11 at device 6.0 on pci0
>csa: card is Unknown/invalid SSID (CS4610)
>device_probe_and_attach: csa0 attach returned 6"
>
>The problem is that the CS4239 sound chip actually functions this way:
>1. Setup: IRQ 5, DMA channels: 01 & 00, I/O 0220-0233;0388-038B;0530-0537
>2. There is also the IBM DSP at: IRQ 10, DMA channels: 07, I/O 0130-013F.
>Hmmm.
>3. The sound chip hangs off of the Intel 82371AB chip using PCI->ISA
>bridging using EIO mode.
>4. Most Soundblaster compatible chips are configured this way:
>IRQ 5, DMA Channels: 01 & 05, I/O 0220-022F, 0330-0331, 0388-038B (Micron
>Transport LT - SENSPRO680-PIII600 Laptop).
>
>So, I think I just have a case of pilot error. I had the Sound chip partly
>configured so that the new kernel could see the device but didn't have it
>properly configured for the IRQ. I decided to go back to the GENERIC kernel
>and retest loading with kldload. Oh, the BIOS doesn't have an option to 
>turn
>off PNP mode. It works with Windows NT so I figured it should work fine
>here.
>
>Also, I'm leaving KDE out of the picture until I can just get Waveplay
>working. Seems the problems are the same. I may have to configure device
>csa0 for Irq 5.
>
>Here is what someone else had as an option:
>1. controller pnp0
>2. device pcm0 at isa? port? tty irq 5 drq 5 flags 0x15
>
>The "controller pnp0" is no longer used and "device pnp0" won't work 
>either.
>I did notice "tty" in this statement that is not in the docs under "man
>pcm". Help anyone?
>
>Ken
>4.4RC4
>
>
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