Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 00:57:35 +0800 From: Ariff Abdullah <skywizard@time.net.my> To: David Xu <davidxu@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any chance to get my sound card to work ? Message-ID: <20041017005735.3fdf12fb.skywizard@time.net.my> In-Reply-To: <41713068.2030504@freebsd.org> References: <4171244E.1080106@freebsd.org> <20041016220650.56e95112.skywizard@time.net.my> <41713068.2030504@freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 22:30:00 +0800 David Xu <davidxu@freebsd.org> wrote: > Ariff Abdullah wrote: > > >On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 21:38:22 +0800 > >David Xu <davidxu@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > > >>I have the sound card as the following mail said: > >>http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=181707+0+/usr/local/ > >www/db/text/2003/freebsd-stable/20031214.freebsd-stable> > >>But I didn't find that it works, I have loaded snd_es137x.ko: > >> > >>tiger# kldload snd_es137x.ko > >>pcm0: <Creative SB AudioPCI CT4730> port > >0xe400-0xe41f,0xe000-0xe03f>irq 17 at device 12.0 on pci0 > >>pcm0: <Creative EV1938 AC97 Codec> > >> > >>The driver seems identified the device, but no sound at all when I > >>try to use it. > >> > >> > >> > > > >You may try this patch: > >http://staff.mybsd.org.my/skywizard/FreeBSD/es137x.c.diff > > > >It's pathetic, ugly, but does it job to properly initialize mixer > >on ev1938 chip. Perhaps somebody can really clean it up. > > > > > > > > > > > Cool! it works for me, any chance to commit it ? > > Glad to hear that. Now the problem is, the chipset seems *broken* during mixer initialization through ac97 interface programming, perhaps because how the driver was written, hence require some sort of wacky monkey circus hack. I don't think it's worth commiting this ugly workaround, unless we can come up with cleaner approach (complete rewrite, or some sort of *patching* interface). > I have checked mixer settings, it does not work no matter you > turn it or not. it seems the driver is wrongly programing the > device, the device is not an emulated but a real hardware. Agree. -- Ariff Abdullah MyBSD http://www.MyBSD.org.my (IPv6/IPv4) http://staff.MyBSD.org.my (IPv6/IPv4) http://tomoyo.MyBSD.org.my (IPv6/IPv4)
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