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Date:      Sat, 20 Jun 1998 19:04:48 -0400 (EDT)
From:      drifter@stratos.net
To:        multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   SB16 doesn't work with either Voxware or PnP...
Message-ID:  <199806202304.TAA00269@stratos.net>

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	Hi,

	This is my absolute last attempt to get a decent sound
card up and working on my FBSD 2.2.6.

	I have a Sound Blaster 16 -- not an immitation but the real
McCoy -- and I'm trying to get this thing to work under FreeBSD.
	Previously, I wrote about having an Aztech 8-bit soundcard
AND the sb16 installed together because I needed the Aztech for its
on-board modem.  I have since upgraded to a 56K external and have
finally ripped the Amazin' 2-in-one sound card/Modem out.
	Now, with only the SB16 installed, my kernel has trouble
recognizing the whole thing. It works (apparently -- though I can't
absolutely confirm it is working in 16bit mode) in Windows 95.
	Here is what the Sound Device Resources Tab says:

	|---------|
	|Resources|
	|---------|---------------------------------|
	|                                           |
	| IRQ                       05              |
	| Direct Memory Access      01              |
        | Direct Memory Access      03              |
	| I/O Range                 0220-022F       |
	| I/O Range                 0330-0331       |
        | I/O Range                 0388-038B       |
        |                                           |
        |   [Check Marked]  Use Automatic Settings  |
        |   Conflicting Device List:                |
        |       No conflicts                        |
        |                                           |
        ---------------------------------------------

	(Other settings include "Allow full duplex operation" and
"Don't use creative 3D stereo enhancement." The Hardware version in 
the "General" tab is listed as 1.0.10)

	So, after warm-booting to FreeBSD, running a non-pnp kernel with
VoxWare, (booting the config menu with -c and into visual) I get:

	Listed devices in Multimedia:

	Device		Driver	IRQ	DRQ	Port	Flags
	------		------	---	---	----	-----
	SB PCM		sb0	5	1	0x220	<none listed>
	SB 16		sbxvi0	-	-	-	<none listed>
	SB Midi		sbmidi0	-	3	0x330	<none listed>
	OPL-2/3		opl0	-	-	0x388	<none listed>

	The relevant parts of the probe:

	
		FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE #0: Fri May  8 19:33:20 EDT 1998
		    root@stratos.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/ZZTOP
		CPU: Pentium (149.69-MHz 586-class CPU)
		  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x52c  Stepping=12
		  Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8>
		real memory  = 50331648 (49152K bytes)
		avail memory = 47026176 (45924K bytes)
		...
		Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
		
		sb0 at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 on isa
		sb0: <SoundBlaster 16 4.16>
		SB16 Error: Invalid DMA channel 1/-1
		sbxvi0 not found
		sbmidi0 at 0x330 drq 3 on isa
		 <SoundBlaster MPU-401>
		opl0 at 0x388 on isa
		opl0: <Yamaha OPL-3 FM>
		changing root device to st0s1a

	Then, I rebooted with -c in CLI mode. (For some reason,
visual mode won't let me change a DRQ either FROM or TO 0) I unset 
the sbmidi0 DRQ to -1 and set the sbxvi0 DRQ to 3.  I issued a
"list" command to confirm the change, but when I booted into it
the SB16 still showed the same error above (Invalid DMA channel 1/-1)
and sbxvi0 was still not found.

	Logged in as root, I tried:

	# cat audio.au > /dev/audio 
	PCM device 0 not installed
	bash: /dev/audio0: Device not configured
	(/dev/audio is linked to /dev/audio0, which is supposed to be
	 the proper device. I tried ./MAKEDEV snd{1,2,3} and relinking,
         but those didn't work either)
	# playmidi midi.mid
	< Music plays fine >

	I then tried to run Luigi's pcm driver under pnp...

	
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		FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE #0: Mon Apr 27 02:29:18 EDT 1998
		    root@stratos.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/ZZTOPS
		CPU: Pentium (149.69-MHz 586-class CPU)
		  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x52c  Stepping=12
		  Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8>
		real memory  = 50331648 (49152K bytes)
		avail memory = 47087616 (45984K bytes)
		
		Probing for PnP devices:
		CSN 1 Vendor ID: CTL00f0 [0xf0008c0e] Serial 0xffffffff
		pcm2 (SB16pnp <SB16 PnP> sn 0xffffffff) at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1
                     flags 0x13 id 0
		CSN 2 Vendor ID: ADP1520 [0x20159004] Serial 0x529d3368
		Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
		...
		pcm1 not found at 0xffffffff
		...

	I have no idea what CSN2 is, nor pcm1.
	In any case:

	# playmidi midi.mid
	open /dev/sequencer: Device not configured
	( I tried relinking /dev/sequencer to /dev/sequencer{1,2,3},
          since the pcm's were being assigned numbers higher than 0,
	  but none of them worked.)
	# cat audio.au > /dev/audio1
	 < SOUND! >
	[Unfortunately...]
	WARNING: rdintr but read DMA inactive!
	WARNING: rdintr but read DMA inactive!
	WARNING: rdintr but read DMA inactive!
	WARNING: rdintr but read DMA inactive!

	I'm sorry about this long post, but what is going on here?

	I've been at this for a while, and I have run out of ideas. Just
to reemphasize, this is not a SoundBlaster Wannabe or near-Compatable.
This is the Real Deal, but doesn't seem to want to play ball.

	Any help would be greatly appreciated.

	-Rob

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