lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1997]   [Aug]   [19]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
From
Date
SubjectRe: OSS 3.8a: SB32 not detected by lowlevel driver
On 18 Aug 97 at 10:07, Andrew E. Mileski wrote:

> > I have tried the 2.1.43 kernel with the AWE32 support.
> >
> > My soundcard is a SB32 with 512kB RAM (SIMM) installed in the
> > sockets. My card does not have the "Advanced Signal Processor, AWE",
> > but otherwise has the EMU8000 stuff.
>
> Mine has the ASP.
>
> > The driver does not detect my soundcard as an "AWE32" (which is
> > strictly speaking correct), but complains (rather unverbose)
> > "AWE32 not found"
> > "AWE32: not detected"
>
> Same as me, so I don't think the ASP is the problem.

As far as I have learned there is some mysterious reason that
prevents the PnP BIOS to activate the "WaveTable" device it seems.
The driver then does not detect the AWE32. Even though I have read
the PnP spec, I did not find a clue that a device can request itself
not being initialized. The idea to have to use isapnp and a sound
module seems not the very best solution.

BTW: There's a problem in the vanilla 2.0.30: If a naive user (like
me) selects "lowlevel drivers", but then says "n" to all offered
drivers (i.e. to the only one) the kernel build fails, because
soundcard.o references the lowlevel initialization. The sad thing
there is that editing .config and cheating via "make -t zImage; rm
drivers/sound/soundcard.o; make zImage" still causes the whole kernel
to be rebuilt.

Ulrich

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:40    [W:0.080 / U:0.592 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site