From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Sep 23 10:21: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from atena.eurocontrol.fr (atena.uneec.eurocontrol.fr [147.196.69.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7593D15F4E for ; Thu, 23 Sep 1999 10:21:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roberto@eurocontrol.fr) Received: from caerdonn.eurocontrol.fr (caerdonn.eurocontrol.fr [147.196.43.2]) by atena.eurocontrol.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09A6314C7A for ; Thu, 23 Sep 1999 19:20:18 +0200 (MET DST) (envelope-from roberto@caerdonn.eurocontrol.fr) Received: by caerdonn.eurocontrol.fr (Postfix, from userid 1193) id EE30E3AF0; Thu, 23 Sep 1999 19:20:16 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 19:20:16 +0200 From: Ollivier Robert To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Z505SX and the sound chip Message-ID: <19990923192016.I93763@caerdonn.eurocontrol.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.0pre2i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Someone has made a patch to support the new Neomagic 256AV sound chip for Linux.... Anyway to port it for our drivers ? -=-=- Glubber blarrgh lueggor, me mateys The information below was all received in a dream. Thus it is not entirely reliable; use at your own risk. I am not responsible for any loss that may result from the use of this information--but you are! Many modern laptops use the NeoMagic 256AV or 256ZX audio/video chipsets, which contain a combined PCI-based soundcard and some version of their video core. The audio portion comes in at least a couple of different versions: a SB-16 hardware-compatible version, and a AC97-compatible version. The Sony Z505S and Z505SX, some of the Sony F-series, and some Dell Latitude laptops (CPi and CPt at least) have the AC97-compatible chipset. Here you will find the version 1.0 patch against kernel versions 2.2.5 through 2.2.12 that adds support for the 256AV and 256ZX. Be sure and read Documentation/sound/NM256 before trying it out. It is working well for me (and a lot of other people), and I can't honestly call it piss-poor anymore. -=-=- -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- Eurocontrol EEC/TEC -=- Ollivier.Robert@eurocontrol.fr Telecoms & Networking Tél : 7290 - CS.28 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message