Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 02:33:21 -0600 (CST) From: Josh Tolbert <hemi@scoundrelz.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sound frustration. Message-ID: <20030103023153.D8632-100000@view.scoundrelz.net> In-Reply-To: <20030103012017.K6469-100000@view.scoundrelz.net>
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Hi again, On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Josh Tolbert wrote: > 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? > On a whim, I started digging through my old ISA cards. I now have a Creative Vibra16 working just fine without a kernel recompile (pcm and sbc already compiled in). Unfortunately, it's an ISA card. Are there any PCI sound cards that work? I'd really prefer to use a PCI card. > > > 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 > > Thanks again, Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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