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Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 22:23:22 -0000 (GMT)
From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@tri-lakes.net>
To: Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com>
Subject: Re: AWE32
Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, Thomas J Balfe <tbalfe@tioga.net>
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On 02-Aug-97 Randall Hopper wrote:
>Thomas J Balfe:
> |Has any gotten the AWE32 to work with 2.2.2R?
>
>Chris Dillon:
> |I have my AWE32 somewhat working under 2.2-STABLE with OSS/FreeBSD
>...
> |The only problem I have with OSS at the moment is that it doesn't see
>all
> |the RAM (8MB) on *MY* card (apparently this problem occurs only with
>some
> |older cards.. i have a legacy AWE32), so I can't load any SoundFonts
>into
> |it.  Otherwise, it works fine when playing MIDI via the ROM banks with
>OSS.
>
>The checked-in driver works, but recent versions are more capable.  BTW,
>you can load patch files up to your SB32's/AWE32's installed memory
>capacity.

I know all about the RAM and SoundFonts :-) .. However, OSS isn't part of
the FreeBSD distribution and is a third-party LKM, so it can't be fixed by
anyone here (though I have offered my services in helping them solve this,
and never got a reply.) :-/

>Grab the 0.4.0 driver from here, and pop in the few kernel files:
>
>     http://multiverse.com/~rhh/awedrv/
>
>Build a new kernel with:
>
>     controller      snd0   
>     device pas0     at isa? port 0x388 irq 10 drq 3 vector pasintr
             ^^^^ You sure about that one?  :-)

>     device sb0      at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 vector sbintr
>     device sbxvi0   at isa? drq 5
>     device sbmidi0  at isa? port 0x330
>     device opl0     at isa? port 0x388
>     device awe0     at isa? port 0x620
>

I haven't tried the new kernel drivers lately, but I do wish to give OSS a
chance for a while longer (don't want to think I spent $25 for nothing).
What I may do is create an install another kernel I can choose at boot
with these new drivers, and one without (OSS and the Voxware drivers would
conflict).

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