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-Configuring version 3.8 (for Linux) with some common sound cards
-================================================================
-
-This document describes configuring sound cards with the freeware version of
-Open Sound Systems (OSS/Free). Information about the commercial version
-(OSS/Linux) and its configuration is available from
-http://www.opensound.com/linux.html. Information presented here is
-not valid for OSS/Linux.
-
-If you are unsure about how to configure OSS/Free
-you can download the free evaluation version of OSS/Linux from the above
-address. There is a chance that it can autodetect your sound card. In this case
-you can use the information included in soundon.log when configuring OSS/Free.
-
-
-IMPORTANT! This document covers only cards that were "known" when
- this driver version was released. Please look at
- http://www.opensound.com/ossfree for info about
- cards introduced recently.
-
- When configuring the sound driver, you should carefully
- check each sound configuration option (particularly
- "Support for /dev/dsp and /dev/audio"). The default values
- offered by these programs are not necessarily valid.
-
-
-THE BIGGEST MISTAKES YOU CAN MAKE
-=================================
-
-1. Assuming that the card is Sound Blaster compatible when it's not.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-The number one mistake is to assume that your card is compatible with
-Sound Blaster. Only the cards made by Creative Technology or which have
-one or more chips labeled by Creative are SB compatible. In addition there
-are few sound chipsets which are SB compatible in Linux such as ESS1688 or
-Jazz16. Note that SB compatibility in DOS/Windows does _NOT_ mean anything
-in Linux.
-
-IF YOU REALLY ARE 150% SURE YOU HAVE A SOUND BLASTER YOU CAN SKIP THE REST OF
-THIS CHAPTER.
-
-For most other "supposed to be SB compatible" cards you have to use other
-than SB drivers (see below). It is possible to get most sound cards to work
-in SB mode but in general it's a complete waste of time. There are several
-problems which you will encounter by using SB mode with cards that are not
-truly SB compatible:
-
-- The SB emulation is at most SB Pro (DSP version 3.x) which means that
-you get only 8 bit audio (there is always an another ("native") mode which
-gives the 16 bit capability). The 8 bit only operation is the reason why
-many users claim that sound quality in Linux is much worse than in DOS.
-In addition some applications require 16 bit mode and they produce just
-noise with a 8 bit only device.
-- The card may work only in some cases but refuse to work most of the
-time. The SB compatible mode always requires special initialization which is
-done by the DOS/Windows drivers. This kind of cards work in Linux after
-you have warm booted it after DOS but they don't work after cold boot
-(power on or reset).
-- You get the famous "DMA timed out" messages. Usually all SB clones have
-software selectable IRQ and DMA settings. If the (power on default) values
-currently used by the card don't match configuration of the driver you will
-get the above error message whenever you try to record or play. There are
-few other reasons to the DMA timeout message but using the SB mode seems
-to be the most common cause.
-
-2. Trying to use a PnP (Plug & Play) card just like an ordinary sound card
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-Plug & Play is a protocol defined by Intel and Microsoft. It lets operating
-systems to easily identify and reconfigure I/O ports, IRQs and DMAs of ISA
-cards. The problem with PnP cards is that the standard Linux doesn't currently
-(versions 2.1.x and earlier) don't support PnP. This means that you will have
-to use some special tricks (see later) to get a PnP card alive. Many PnP cards
-work after they have been initialized but this is not always the case.
-
-There are sometimes both PnP and non-PnP versions of the same sound card.
-The non-PnP version is the original model which usually has been discontinued
-more than an year ago. The PnP version has the same name but with "PnP"
-appended to it (sometimes not). This causes major confusion since the non-PnP
-model works with Linux but the PnP one doesn't.
-
-You should carefully check if "Plug & Play" or "PnP" is mentioned in the name
-of the card or in the documentation or package that came with the card.
-Everything described in the rest of this document is not necessarily valid for
-PnP models of sound cards even you have managed to wake up the card properly.
-Many PnP cards are simply too different from their non-PnP ancestors which are
-covered by this document.
-
-
-Cards that are not (fully) supported by this driver
-===================================================
-
-See http://www.opensound.com/ossfree for information about sound cards
-to be supported in future.
-
-
-How to use sound without recompiling kernel and/or sound driver
-===============================================================
-
-There is a commercial sound driver which comes in precompiled form and doesn't
-require recompiling of the kernel. See http://www.4Front-tech.com/oss.html for
-more info.
-
-
-Configuring PnP cards
-=====================
-
-New versions of most sound cards use the so-called ISA PnP protocol for
-soft configuring their I/O, IRQ, DMA and shared memory resources.
-Currently at least cards made by Creative Technology (SB32 and SB32AWE
-PnP), Gravis (GUS PnP and GUS PnP Pro), Ensoniq (Soundscape PnP) and
-Aztech (some Sound Galaxy models) use PnP technology. The CS4232/4236 audio
-chip by Crystal Semiconductor (Intel Atlantis, HP Pavilion and many other
-motherboards) is also based on PnP technology but there is a "native" driver
-available for it (see information about CS4232 later in this document).
-
-PnP sound cards (as well as most other PnP ISA cards) are not supported
-by this version of the driver . Proper
-support for them should be released during 97 once the kernel level
-PnP support is available.
-
-There is a method to get most of the PnP cards to work. The basic method
-is the following:
-
-1) Boot DOS so the card's DOS drivers have a chance to initialize it.
-2) _Cold_ boot to Linux by using "loadlin.exe". Hitting ctrl-alt-del
-works with older machines but causes a hard reset of all cards on recent
-(Pentium) machines.
-3) If you have the sound driver in Linux configured properly, the card should
-work now. "Proper" means that I/O, IRQ and DMA settings are the same as in
-DOS. The hard part is to find which settings were used. See the documentation of
-your card for more info.
-
-Windows 95 could work as well as DOS but running loadlin may be difficult.
-Probably you should "shut down" your machine to MS-DOS mode before running it.
-
-Some machines have a BIOS utility for setting PnP resources. This is a good
-way to configure some cards. In this case you don't need to boot DOS/Win95
-before starting Linux.
-
-Another way to initialize PnP cards without DOS/Win95 is a Linux based
-PnP isolation tool. When writing this there is a pre alpha test version
-of such a tool available from ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/unix/linux/utils. The
-file is called isapnptools-*. Please note that this tool is just a temporary
-solution which may be incompatible with future kernel versions having proper
-support for PnP cards. There are bugs in setting DMA channels in earlier
-versions of isapnptools so at least version 1.6 is required with sound cards.
-
-Yet another way to use PnP cards is to use (commercial) OSS/Linux drivers. See
-http://www.opensound.com/linux.html for more info. This is probably the way you
-should do it if you don't want to spend time recompiling the kernel and
-required tools.
-
-
-Read this before trying to configure the driver
-===============================================
-
-There are currently many cards that work with this driver. Some of the cards
-have native support while others work since they emulate some other
-card (usually SB, MSS/WSS and/or MPU401). The following cards have native
-support in the driver. Detailed instructions for configuring these cards
-will be given later in this document.
-
-Pro Audio Spectrum 16 (PAS16) and compatibles:
- Pro Audio Spectrum 16
- Pro Audio Studio 16
- Logitech Sound Man 16
- NOTE! The original Pro Audio Spectrum as well as the PAS+ are not
- and will not be supported by the driver.
-
-Media Vision Jazz16 based cards
- Pro Sonic 16
- Logitech SoundMan Wave
- (Other Jazz based cards should work but I don't have any reports
- about them).
-
-Sound Blasters
- SB 1.0 to 2.0
- SB Pro
- SB 16
- SB32/64/AWE
- Configure SB32/64/AWE just like SB16. See lowlevel/README.awe
- for information about using the wave table synth.
- NOTE! AWE63/Gold and 16/32/AWE "PnP" cards need to be activated
- using isapnptools before they work with OSS/Free.
- SB16 compatible cards by other manufacturers than Creative.
- You have been fooled since there are _no_ SB16 compatible
- cards on the market (as of May 1997). It's likely that your card
- is compatible just with SB Pro but there is also a non-SB-
- compatible 16 bit mode. Usually it's MSS/WSS but it could also
- be a proprietary one like MV Jazz16 or ESS ES688. OPTi
- MAD16 chips are very common in so called "SB 16 bit cards"
- (try with the MAD16 driver).
-
- ======================================================================
- "Supposed to be SB compatible" cards.
- Forget the SB compatibility and check for other alternatives
- first. The only cards that work with the SB driver in
- Linux have been made by Creative Technology (there is at least
- one chip on the card with "CREATIVE" printed on it). The
- only other SB compatible chips are ESS and Jazz16 chips
- (maybe ALSxxx chips too but they probably don't work).
- Most other "16 bit SB compatible" cards such as "OPTi/MAD16" or
- "Crystal" are _NOT_ SB compatible in Linux.
-
- Practically all sound cards have some kind of SB emulation mode
- in addition to their native (16 bit) mode. In most cases this
- (8 bit only) SB compatible mode doesn't work with Linux. If
- you get it working it may cause problems with games and
- applications which require 16 bit audio. Some 16 bit only
- applications don't check if the card actually supports 16 bits.
- They just dump 16 bit data to a 8 bit card which produces just
- noise.
-
- In most cases the 16 bit native mode is supported by Linux.
- Use the SB mode with "clones" only if you don't find anything
- better from the rest of this doc.
- ======================================================================
-
-Gravis Ultrasound (GUS)
- GUS
- GUS + the 16 bit option
- GUS MAX
- GUS ACE (No MIDI port and audio recording)
- GUS PnP (with RAM)
-
-MPU-401 and compatibles
- The driver works both with the full (intelligent mode) MPU-401
- cards (such as MPU IPC-T and MQX-32M) and with the UART only
- dumb MIDI ports. MPU-401 is currently the most common MIDI
- interface. Most sound cards are compatible with it. However,
- don't enable MPU401 mode blindly. Many cards with native support
- in the driver have their own MPU401 driver. Enabling the standard one
- will cause a conflict with these cards. So check if your card is
- in the list of supported cards before enabling MPU401.
-
-Windows Sound System (MSS/WSS)
- Even when Microsoft has discontinued their own Sound System card
- they managed to make it a standard. MSS compatible cards are based on
- a codec chip which is easily available from at least two manufacturers
- (AD1848 by Analog Devices and CS4231/CS4248 by Crystal Semiconductor).
- Currently most sound cards are based on one of the MSS compatible codec
- chips. The CS4231 is used in the high quality cards such as GUS MAX,
- MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro and TB Tropez (GUS MAX is not MSS compatible).
-
- Having a AD1848, CS4248 or CS4231 codec chip on the card is a good
- sign. Even if the card is not MSS compatible, it could be easy to write
- support for it. Note also that most MSS compatible cards
- require special boot time initialization which may not be present
- in the driver. Also, some MSS compatible cards have native support.
- Enabling the MSS support with these cards is likely to
- cause a conflict. So check if your card is listed in this file before
- enabling the MSS support.
-
-Yamaha FM synthesizers (OPL2, OPL3 (not OPL3-SA) and OPL4)
- Most sound cards have a FM synthesizer chip. The OPL2 is a 2
- operator chip used in the original AdLib card. Currently it's used
- only in the cheapest (8 bit mono) cards. The OPL3 is a 4 operator
- FM chip which provides better sound quality and/or more available
- voices than the OPL2. The OPL4 is a new chip that has an OPL3 and
- a wave table synthesizer packed onto the same chip. The driver supports
- just the OPL3 mode directly. Most cards with an OPL4 (like
- SM Wave and AudioTrix Pro) support the OPL4 mode using MPU401
- emulation. Writing a native OPL4 support is difficult
- since Yamaha doesn't give information about their sample ROM chip.
-
- Enable the generic OPL2/OPL3 FM synthesizer support if your
- card has a FM chip made by Yamaha. Don't enable it if your card
- has a software (TRS) based FM emulator.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
- NOTE! OPL3-SA is different chip than the ordinary OPL3. In addition
- to the FM synth this chip has also digital audio (WSS) and
- MIDI (MPU401) capabilities. Support for OPL3-SA is described below.
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
-
-Yamaha OPL3-SA1
-
- Yamaha OPL3-SA1 (YMF701) is an audio controller chip used on some
- (Intel) motherboards and on cheap sound cards. It should not be
- confused with the original OPL3 chip (YMF278) which is entirely
- different chip. OPL3-SA1 has support for MSS, MPU401 and SB Pro
- (not used in OSS/Free) in addition to the OPL3 FM synth.
-
- There are also chips called OPL3-SA2, OPL3-SA3, ..., OPL3SA-N. They
- are PnP chips and will not work with the OPL3-SA1 driver. You should
- use the standard MSS, MPU401 and OPL3 options with thses chips and to
- activate the card using isapnptools.
-
-4Front Technologies SoftOSS
-
- SoftOSS is a software based wave table emulation which works with
- any 16 bit stereo sound card. Due to its nature a fast CPU is
- required (P133 is minimum). Although SoftOSS does _not_ use MMX
- instructions it has proven out that recent processors (which appear
- to have MMX) perform significantly better with SoftOSS than earlier
- ones. For example a P166MMX beats a PPro200. SoftOSS should not be used
- on 486 or 386 machines.
-
- The amount of CPU load caused by SoftOSS can be controlled by
- selecting the CONFIG_SOFTOSS_RATE and CONFIG_SOFTOSS_VOICES
- parameters properly (they will be prompted by make config). It's
- recommended to set CONFIG_SOFTOSS_VOICES to 32. If you have a
- P166MMX or faster (PPro200 is not faster) you can set
- CONFIG_SOFTOSS_RATE to 44100 (kHz). However with slower systems it
- recommended to use sampling rates around 22050 or even 16000 kHz.
- Selecting too high values for these parameters may hang your
- system when playing MIDI files with hight degree of polyphony
- (number of concurrently playing notes). It's also possible to
- decrease CONFIG_SOFTOSS_VOICES. This makes it possible to use
- higher sampling rates. However using fewer voices decreases
- playback quality more than decreasing the sampling rate.
-
- SoftOSS keeps the samples loaded on the system's RAM so much RAM is
- required. SoftOSS should never be used on machines with less than 16 MB
- of RAM since this is potentially dangerous (you may accidently run out
- of memory which probably crashes the machine).
-
- SoftOSS implements the wave table API originally designed for GUS. For
- this reason all applications designed for GUS should work (at least
- after minor modifications). For example gmod/xgmod and playmidi -g are
- known to work.
-
- To work SoftOSS will require GUS compatible
- patch files to be installed on the system (in /dos/ultrasnd/midi). You
- can use the public domain MIDIA patchset available from several ftp
- sites.
-
- *********************************************************************
- IMPORTANT NOTICE! The original patch set distributed with the Gravis
- Ultrasound card is not in public domain (even though it's available from
- some FTP sites). You should contact Voice Crystal (www.voicecrystal.com)
- if you like to use these patches with SoftOSS included in OSS/Free.
- *********************************************************************
-
-PSS based cards (AD1848 + ADSP-2115 + Echo ESC614 ASIC)
- Analog Devices and Echo Speech have together defined a sound card
- architecture based on the above chips. The DSP chip is used
- for emulation of SB Pro, FM and General MIDI/MT32.
-
- There are several cards based on this architecture. The most known
- ones are Orchid SW32 and Cardinal DSP16.
-
- The driver supports downloading DSP algorithms to these cards.
-
- NOTE! You will have to use the "old" config script when configuring
- PSS cards.
-
-MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro
- The ATP card is built around a CS4231 codec and an OPL4 synthesizer
- chips. The OPL4 mode is supported by a microcontroller running a
- General MIDI emulator. There is also a SB 1.5 compatible playback mode.
-
-Ensoniq SoundScape and compatibles
- Ensoniq has designed a sound card architecture based on the
- OTTO synthesizer chip used in their professional MIDI synthesizers.
- Several companies (including Ensoniq, Reveal and Spea) are selling
- cards based on this architecture.
-
- NOTE! The SoundScape PnP is not supported by OSS/Free. Ensoniq VIVO and
- VIVO90 cards are not compatible with Soundscapes so the Soundscape
- driver will not work with them. You may want to use OSS/Linux with these
- cards.
-
-OPTi MAD16 and Mozart based cards
- The Mozart (OAK OTI-601), MAD16 (OPTi 82C928), MAD16 Pro (OPTi 82C929),
- OPTi 82C924/82C925 (in _non_ PnP mode) and OPTi 82C930 interface
- chips are used in many different sound cards, including some
- cards by Reveal miro and Turtle Beach (Tropez). The purpose of these
- chips is to connect other audio components to the PC bus. The
- interface chip performs address decoding for the other chips.
- NOTE! Tropez Plus is not MAD16 but CS4232 based.
- NOTE! MAD16 PnP cards (82C924, 82C925, 82C931) are not MAD16 compatible
- in the PnP mode. You will have to use them in MSS mode after having
- initialized them using isapnptools or DOS. 82C931 probably requires
- initialization using DOS/Windows (running isapnptools is not enough).
- It's possible to use 82C931 with OSS/Free by jumpering it to non-PnP
- mode (provided that the card has a jumper for this). In non-PnP mode
- 82C931 is compatible with 82C930 and should work with the MAD16 driver
- (without need to use isapnptools or DOS to initialize it). All OPTi
- chips are supported by OSS/Linux (both in PnP and non-PnP modes).
-
-Audio Excel DSP16
- Support for this card was written by Riccardo Faccetti
- (riccardo@cdc8g5.cdc.polimi.it). The AEDSP16 driver included in
- the lowlevel/ directory. To use it you should enable the
- "Additional low level drivers" option.
-
-Crystal CS4232 and CS4236 based cards such as AcerMagic S23, TB Tropez _Plus_ and
- many PC motherboards (Compaq, HP, Intel, ...)
- CS4232 is a PnP multimedia chip which contains a CS3231A codec,
- SB and MPU401 emulations. There is support for OPL3 too.
- Unfortunately the MPU401 mode doesn't work (I don't know how to
- initialize it). CS4236 is an enhanced (compatible) version of CS4232.
- NOTE! Don't ever try to use isapnptools with CS4232 since this will just
- freeze your machine (due to chip bugs). If you have problems in getting
- CS4232 working you could try initializing it with DOS (CS4232C.EXE) and
- then booting Linux using loadlin. CS4232C.EXE loads a secret firmware
- patch which is not documented by Crystal.
-
-Turtle Beach Maui and Tropez "classic"
- This driver version supports sample, patch and program loading commands
- described in the Maui/Tropez User's manual.
- There is now full initialization support too. The audio side of
- the Tropez is based on the MAD16 chip (see above).
- NOTE! Tropez Plus is different card than Tropez "classic" and will not
- work fully in Linux. You can get audio features working by configuring
- the card as a CS4232 based card (above).
-
-
-Jumpers and software configuration
-==================================
-
-Some of the earliest sound cards were jumper configurable. You have to
-configure the driver use I/O, IRQ and DMA settings
-that match the jumpers. Just few 8 bit cards are fully jumper
-configurable (SB 1.x/2.x, SB Pro and clones).
-Some cards made by Aztech have an EEPROM which contains the
-config info. These cards behave much like hardware jumpered cards.
-
-Most cards have jumper for the base I/O address but other parameters
-are software configurable. Sometimes there are few other jumpers too.
-
-Latest cards are fully software configurable or they are PnP ISA
-compatible. There are no jumpers on the board.
-
-The driver handles software configurable cards automatically. Just configure
-the driver to use I/O, IRQ and DMA settings which are known to work.
-You could usually use the same values than with DOS and/or Windows.
-Using different settings is possible but not recommended since it may cause
-some trouble (for example when warm booting from an OS to another or
-when installing new hardware to the machine).
-
-Sound driver sets the soft configurable parameters of the card automatically
-during boot. Usually you don't need to run any extra initialization
-programs when booting Linux but there are some exceptions. See the
-card-specific instructions below for more info.
-
-The drawback of software configuration is that the driver needs to know
-how the card must be initialized. It cannot initialize unknown cards
-even if they are otherwise compatible with some other cards (like SB,
-MPU401 or Windows Sound System).
-
-
-What if your card was not listed above?
-=======================================
-
-The first thing to do is to look at the major IC chips on the card.
-Many of the latest sound cards are based on some standard chips. If you
-are lucky, all of them could be supported by the driver. The most common ones
-are the OPTi MAD16, Mozart, SoundScape (Ensoniq) and the PSS architectures
-listed above. Also look at the end of this file for list of unsupported
-cards and the ones which could be supported later.
-
-The last resort is to send _exact_ name and model information of the card
-to me together with a list of the major IC chips (manufactured, model) to
-me. I could then try to check if your card looks like something familiar.
-
-There are many more cards in the world than listed above. The first thing to
-do with these cards is to check if they emulate some other card or interface
-such as SB, MSS and/or MPU401. In this case there is a chance to get the
-card to work by booting DOS before starting Linux (boot DOS, hit ctrl-alt-del
-and boot Linux without hard resetting the machine). In this method the
-DOS based driver initializes the hardware to use known I/O, IRQ and DMA
-settings. If sound driver is configured to use the same settings, everything
-should work OK.
-
-
-Configuring sound driver (with Linux)
-=====================================
-
-The sound driver is currently distributed as part of the Linux kernel. The
-files are in /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound/.
-
-****************************************************************************
-* ALWAYS USE THE SOUND DRIVER VERSION WHICH IS DISTRIBUTED WITH *
-* THE KERNEL SOURCE PACKAGE YOU ARE USING. SOME ALPHA AND BETA TEST *
-* VERSIONS CAN BE INSTALLED FROM A SEPARATELY DISTRIBUTED PACKAGE *
-* BUT CHECK THAT THE PACKAGE IS NOT MUCH OLDER (OR NEWER) THAN THE *
-* KERNEL YOU ARE USING. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE KERNEL/DRIVER *
-* INTERFACE CHANGES BETWEEN KERNEL RELEASES WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME *
-* INCOMPATIBILITY PROBLEMS. *
-* *
-* IN CASE YOU INSTALL A SEPARATELY DISTRIBUTED SOUND DRIVER VERSION, *
-* BE SURE TO REMOVE OR RENAME THE OLD SOUND DRIVER DIRECTORY BEFORE *
-* INSTALLING THE NEW ONE. LEAVING OLD FILES TO THE SOUND DRIVER *
-* DIRECTORY _WILL_ CAUSE PROBLEMS WHEN THE DRIVER IS USED OR *
-* COMPILED. *
-****************************************************************************
-
-To configure the driver, run "make config" in the kernel source directory
-(/usr/src/linux). Answer "y" or "m" to the question about Sound card support
-(after the questions about mouse, CD-ROM, ftape, etc. support). Questions
-about options for sound will then be asked.
-
-After configuring the kernel and sound driver, run "make dep" and compile
-the kernel following instructions in the kernel README.
-
-The sound driver configuration dialog
--------------------------------------
-
-If you already have the sound driver installed, consult a printout of
-"cat /dev/sndstat" when configuring the driver again. It gives the I/O,
-IRQ and DMA settings you used earlier.
-
-Sound configuration starts by making some yes/no questions. Be careful
-when answering to these questions since answering y to a question may
-prevent some later ones from being asked. For example don't answer y to
-the first question (PAS16) if you don't really have a PAS16. Don't enable
-more cards than you really need since they just consume memory. Also
-some drivers (like MPU401) may conflict with your SCSI controller and
-prevent kernel from booting. If you card was in the list of supported
-cards (above), please look at the card specific config instructions
-(later in this file) before starting to configure. Some cards must be
-configured in way which is not obvious.
-
-So here is the beginning of the config dialog. Answer 'y' or 'n' to these
-questions. The default answer is shown so that (y/n) means 'y' by default and
-(n/y) means 'n'. To use the default value, just hit ENTER. But be careful
-since using the default _doesn't_ guarantee anything.
-
-Note also that all questions may not be asked. The configuration program
-may disable some questions depending on the earlier choices. It may also
-select some options automatically as well.
-
- "ProAudioSpectrum 16 support",
- - Answer 'y'_ONLY_ if you have a Pro Audio Spectrum _16_,
- Pro Audio Studio 16 or Logitech SoundMan 16 (be sure that
- you read the above list correctly). Don't answer 'y' if you
- have some other card made by Media Vision or Logitech since they
- are not PAS16 compatible.
- NOTE! Since 3.5-beta10 you need to enable SB support (next question)
- if you want to use the SB emulation of PAS16. It's also possible to
- the emulation if you want to use a true SB card together with PAS16
- (there is another question about this that is asked later).
- "Sound Blaster support",
- - Answer 'y' if you have an original SB card made by Creative Labs
- or a full 100% hardware compatible clone (like Thunderboard or
- SM Games). If your card was in the list of supported cards (above),
- please look at the card specific instructions later in this file
- before answering this question. For an unknown card you may answer
- 'y' if the card claims to be SB compatible.
- Enable this option also with PAS16 (changed since v3.5-beta9).
-
- Don't enable SB if you have a MAD16 or Mozart compatible card.
-
- "Generic OPL2/OPL3 FM synthesizer support",
- - Answer 'y' if your card has a FM chip made by Yamaha (OPL2/OPL3/OPL4).
- Answering 'y' is usually a safe and recommended choice. However some
- cards may have software (TSR) FM emulation. Enabling FM support
- with these cards may cause trouble. However I don't currently know
- such cards.
- "Gravis Ultrasound support",
- - Answer 'y' if you have GUS or GUS MAX. Answer 'n' if you don't
- have GUS since the GUS driver consumes much memory.
- Currently I don't have experiences with the GUS ACE so I don't
- know what to answer with it.
- "MPU-401 support (NOT for SB16)",
- - Be careful with this question. The MPU401 interface is supported
- by almost any sound card today. However some natively supported cards
- have their own driver for MPU401. Enabling the MPU401 option with
- these cards will cause a conflict. Also enabling MPU401 on a system
- that doesn't really have a MPU401 could cause some trouble. If your
- card was in the list of supported cards (above), please look at
- the card specific instructions later in this file.
-
- In MOST cases this MPU401 driver should only be used with "true"
- MIDI-only MPU401 professional cards. In most other cases there
- is another way to get the MPU401 compatible interface of a
- sound card to work.
- Support for the MPU401 compatible MIDI port of SB16, ESS1688
- and MV Jazz16 cards is included in the SB driver. Use it instead
- of this separate MPU401 driver with these cards. As well
- Soundscape, PSS and Maui drivers include their own MPU401
- options.
-
- It's safe to answer 'y' if you have a true MPU401 MIDI interface
- card.
- "6850 UART Midi support",
- - It's safe to answer 'n' to this question in all cases. The 6850
- UART interface is so rarely used.
- "PSS (ECHO-ADI2111) support",
- - Answer 'y' only if you have Orchid SW32, Cardinal DSP16 or some
- other card based on the PSS chipset (AD1848 codec + ADSP-2115
- DSP chip + Echo ESC614 ASIC CHIP).
- "16 bit sampling option of GUS (_NOT_ GUS MAX)",
- - Answer 'y' if you have installed the 16 bit sampling daughtercard
- to your GUS. Answer 'n' if you have GUS MAX. Enabling this option
- disables GUS MAX support.
- "GUS MAX support",
- - Answer 'y' only if you have a GUS MAX.
- "Microsoft Sound System support",
- - Again think carefully before answering 'y' to this question. It's
- safe to answer 'y' in case you have the original Windows Sound
- System card made by Microsoft or Aztech SG 16 Pro (or NX16 Pro).
- Also you may answer 'y' in case your card was not listed earlier
- in this file. For cards having native support in the driver, consult
- the card specific instructions later in this file. Some drivers
- have their own MSS support and enabling this option will cause a
- conflict.
- Note! The MSS driver permits configuring two DMA channels. This is a
- "nonstandard" feature and works only with very few cards (if any).
- In most cases the second DMA channel should be disabled or set to
- the same channel than the first one. Trying to configure two separate
- channels with cards that don't support this feature will prevent
- audio (at least recording) from working.
- "Ensoniq Soundscape support",
- - Answer 'y' if you have a sound card based on the Ensoniq SoundScape
- chipset. Such cards are being manufactured at least by Ensoniq,
- Spea and Reveal (note that Reveal makes other cards also). The oldest
- cards made by Spea don't work properly with Linux.
- Soundscape PnP as well as Ensoniq VIVO work only with the commercial
- OSS/Linux version.
- "MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro support",
- - Answer 'y' if you have the AudioTrix Pro.
- "Support for MAD16 and/or Mozart based cards",
- - Answer y if your card has a Mozart (OAK OTI-601) or MAD16
- (OPTi 82C928, 82C929, 82C924/82C925 or 82C930) audio interface chip.
- These chips are
- currently quite common so it's possible that many no-name cards
- have one of them. In addition the MAD16 chip is used in some
- cards made by known manufacturers such as Turtle Beach (Tropez),
- Reveal (some models) and Diamond (some recent models).
- Note OPTi 82C924 and 82C925 are MAD16 compatible only in non PnP
- mode (jumper selectable on many cards).
- "Support for TB Maui"
- - This enables TB Maui specific initialization. Works with TB Maui
- and TB Tropez (may not work with Tropez Plus).
-
-
-Then the configuration program asks some y/n questions about the higher
-level services. It's recommended to answer 'y' to each of these questions.
-Answer 'n' only if you know you will not need the option.
-
- "MIDI interface support",
- - Answering 'n' disables /dev/midi## devices and access to any
- MIDI ports using /dev/sequencer and /dev/music. This option
- also affects any MPU401 and/or General MIDI compatible devices.
- "FM synthesizer (YM3812/OPL-3) support",
- - Answer 'y' here.
- "/dev/sequencer support",
- - Answering 'n' disables /dev/sequencer and /dev/music.
-
-Entering the I/O, IRQ and DMA config parameters
------------------------------------------------
-
-After the above questions the configuration program prompts for the
-card specific configuration information. Usually just a set of
-I/O address, IRQ and DMA numbers are asked. With some cards the program
-asks for some files to be used during initialization of the card. For example
-many cards have a DSP chip or microprocessor which must be initialized by
-downloading a program (microcode) file to the card.
-
-Instructions for answering these questions are given in the next section.
-
-
-Card specific information
-=========================
-
-This section gives additional instructions about configuring some cards.
-Please refer manual of your card for valid I/O, IRQ and DMA numbers. Using
-the same settings with DOS/Windows and Linux is recommended. Using
-different values could cause some problems when switching between
-different operating systems.
-
-Sound Blasters (the original ones by Creative)
----------------------------------------------
-
-NOTE! Check if you have a PnP Sound Blaster (cards sold after summer 1995
- are almost certainly PnP ones). With PnP cards you should use isapnptools
- to activate them (see above).
-
-It's possible to configure these cards to use different I/O, IRQ and
-DMA settings. Since the possible/default settings have changed between various
-models, you have to consult manual of your card for the proper ones. It's
-a good idea to use the same values than with DOS/Windows. With SB and SB Pro
-it's the only choice. SB16 has software selectable IRQ and DMA channels but
-using different values with DOS and Linux is likely to cause troubles. The
-DOS driver is not able to reset the card properly after warm boot from Linux
-if Linux has used different IRQ or DMA values.
-
-The original (steam) Sound Blaster (versions 1.x and 2.x) use always
-DMA1. There is no way to change it.
-
-The SB16 needs two DMA channels. A 8 bit one (1 or 3) is required for
-8 bit operation and a 16 bit one (5, 6 or 7) for the 16 bit mode. In theory
-it's possible to use just one (8 bit) DMA channel by answering the 8 bit
-one when the configuration program asks for the 16 bit one. This may work
-in some systems but is likely to cause terrible noise on some other systems.
-
-It's possible to use two SB16/32/64 at the same time. To do this you should
-first configure OSS/Free for one card. Then edit local.h manually and define
-SB2_BASE, SB2_IRQ, SB2_DMA and SB2_DMA2 for the second one. You can't get
-the OPL3, MIDI and EMU8000 devices of the second card to work. If you are
-going to use two PnP Sound Blasters, ensure that they are of different model
-and have different PnP IDs. There is no way to get two cards with the same
-card ID and serial number to work. The easiest way to check this is trying
-if isapnptools can see both cards or just one.
-
-NOTE! Don't enable the SM Games option (asked by the configuration program)
- if you are not 101% sure that your card is a Logitech Soundman Games
- (not a SM Wave or SM16).
-
-SB Clones
----------
-
-First of all: There are no SB16 clones. There are SB Pro clones with a
-16 bit mode which is not SB16 compatible. The most likely alternative is that
-the 16 bit mode means MSS/WSS.
-
-There are just a few fully 100% hardware SB or SB Pro compatible cards.
-I know just Thunderboard and SM Games. Other cards require some kind of
-hardware initialization before they become SB compatible. Check if your card
-was listed in the beginning of this file. In this case you should follow
-instructions for your card later in this file.
-
-For other not fully SB clones you may try initialization using DOS in
-the following way:
-
- - Boot DOS so that the card specific driver gets run.
- - Hit ctrl-alt-del (or use loadlin) to boot Linux. Don't
- switch off power or press the reset button.
- - If you use the same I/O, IRQ and DMA settings in Linux, the
- card should work.
-
-If your card is both SB and MSS compatible, I recommend using the MSS mode.
-Most cards of this kind are not able to work in the SB and the MSS mode
-simultaneously. Using the MSS mode provides 16 bit recording and playback.
-
-ProAudioSpectrum 16 and compatibles
------------------------------------
-
-PAS16 has a SB emulation chip which can be used together with the native
-(16 bit) mode of the card. To enable this emulation you should configure
-the driver to have SB support too (this has been changed since version
-3.5-beta9 of this driver).
-
-With current driver versions it's also possible to use PAS16 together with
-another SB compatible card. In this case you should configure SB support
-for the other card and to disable the SB emulation of PAS16 (there is a
-separate questions about this).
-
-With PAS16 you can use two audio device files at the same time. /dev/dsp (and
-/dev/audio) is connected to the 8/16 bit native codec and the /dev/dsp1 (and
-/dev/audio1) is connected to the SB emulation (8 bit mono only).
-
-Gravis Ultrasound
------------------
-
-There are many different revisions of the Ultrasound card (GUS). The
-earliest ones (pre 3.7) don't have a hardware mixer. With these cards
-the driver uses a software emulation for synth and pcm playbacks. It's
-also possible to switch some of the inputs (line in, mic) off by setting
-mixer volume of the channel level below 10%. For recording you have
-to select the channel as a recording source and to use volume above 10%.
-
-GUS 3.7 has a hardware mixer.
-
-GUS MAX and the 16 bit sampling daughtercard have a CS4231 codec chip which
-also contains a mixer.
-
-Configuring GUS is simple. Just enable the GUS support and GUS MAX or
-the 16 bit daughtercard if you have them. Note that enabling the daughter
-card disables GUS MAX driver.
-
-NOTE for owners of the 16 bit daughtercard: By default the daughtercard
-uses /dev/dsp (and /dev/audio). Command "ln -sf /dev/dsp1 /dev/dsp"
-selects the daughter card as the default device.
-
-With just the standard GUS enabled the configuration program prompts
-for the I/O, IRQ and DMA numbers for the card. Use the same values than
-with DOS.
-
-With the daughter card option enabled you will be prompted for the I/O,
-IRQ and DMA numbers for the daughter card. You have to use different I/O
-and DMA values than for the standard GUS. The daughter card permits
-simultaneous recording and playback. Use /dev/dsp (the daughtercard) for
-recording and /dev/dsp1 (GUS GF1) for playback.
-
-GUS MAX uses the same I/O address and IRQ settings than the original GUS
-(GUS MAX = GUS + a CS4231 codec). In addition an extra DMA channel may be used.
-Using two DMA channels permits simultaneous playback using two devices
-(dev/dsp0 and /dev/dsp1). The second DMA channel is required for
-full duplex audio.
-To enable the second DMA channels, give a valid DMA channel when the config
-program asks for the GUS MAX DMA (entering -1 disables the second DMA).
-Using 16 bit DMA channels (5,6 or 7) is recommended.
-
-If you have problems in recording with GUS MAX, you could try to use
-just one 8 bit DMA channel. Recording will not work with one DMA
-channel if it's a 16 bit one.
-
-Microphone input of GUS MAX is connected to mixer in little bit nonstandard
-way. There is actually two microphone volume controls. Normal "mic" controls
-only recording level. Mixer control "speaker" is used to control volume of
-microphone signal connected directly to line/speaker out. So just decrease
-volume of "speaker" if you have problems with microphone feedback.
-
-GUS ACE works too but any attempt to record or to use the MIDI port
-will fail.
-
-GUS PnP (with RAM) is partially supported but it needs to be initialized using
-DOS or isapnptools before starting the driver.
-
-MPU401 and Windows Sound System
--------------------------------
-
-Again. Don't enable these options in case your card is listed
-somewhere else in this file.
-
-Configuring these cards is obvious (or it should be). With MSS
-you should probably enable the OPL3 synth also since
-most MSS compatible cards have it. However check that this is true
-before enabling OPL3.
-
-Sound driver supports more than one MPU401 compatible cards at the same time
-but the config program asks config info for just the first of them.
-Adding the second or third MPU interfaces must be done manually by
-editing sound/local.h (after running the config program). Add defines for
-MPU2_BASE & MPU2_IRQ (and MPU3_BASE & MPU3_IRQ) to the file.
-
-CAUTION!
-
-The default I/O base of Adaptec AHA-1542 SCSI controller is 0x330 which
-is also the default of the MPU401 driver. Don't configure the sound driver to
-use 0x330 as the MPU401 base if you have a AHA1542. The kernel will not boot
-if you make this mistake.
-
-PSS
----
-
-Even the PSS cards are compatible with SB, MSS and MPU401, you must not
-enable these options when configuring the driver. The configuration
-program handles these options itself. (You may use the SB, MPU and MSS options
-together with PSS if you have another card on the system).
-
-The PSS driver enables MSS and MPU401 modes of the card. SB is not enabled
-since it doesn't work concurrently with MSS. The driver loads also a
-DSP algorithm which is used to for the general MIDI emulation. The
-algorithm file (.ld) is read by the config program and written to a
-file included when the pss.c is compiled. For this reason the config
-program asks if you want to download the file. Use the genmidi.ld file
-distributed with the DOS/Windows drivers of the card (don't use the mt32.ld).
-With some cards the file is called 'synth.ld'. You must have access to
-the file when configuring the driver. The easiest way is to mount the DOS
-partition containing the file with Linux.
-
-It's possible to load your own DSP algorithms and run them with the card.
-Look at the directory pss_test of snd-util-3.0.tar.gz for more info.
-
-AudioTrix Pro
--------------
-
-You have to enable the OPL3 and SB (not SB Pro or SB16) drivers in addition
-to the native AudioTrix driver. Don't enable MSS or MPU drivers.
-
-Configuring ATP is little bit tricky since it uses so many I/O, IRQ and
-DMA numbers. Using the same values than with DOS/Win is a good idea. Don't
-attempt to use the same IRQ or DMA channels twice.
-
-The SB mode of ATP is implemented so the ATP driver just enables SB
-in the proper address. The SB driver handles the rest. You have to configure
-both the SB driver and the SB mode of ATP to use the same IRQ, DMA and I/O
-settings.
-
-Also the ATP has a microcontroller for the General MIDI emulation (OPL4).
-For this reason the driver asks for the name of a file containing the
-microcode (TRXPRO.HEX). This file is usually located in the directory
-where the DOS drivers were installed. You must have access to this file
-when configuring the driver.
-
-If you have the effects daughtercard, it must be initialized by running
-the setfx program of snd-util-3.0.tar.gz package. This step is not required
-when using the (future) binary distribution version of the driver.
-
-Ensoniq SoundScape
-------------------
-
-NOTE! The new PnP SoundScape is not supported yet. Soundscape compatible
- cards made by Reveal don't work with Linux. They use older revision
- of the Soundscape chipset which is not fully compatible with
- newer cards made by Ensoniq.
-
-The SoundScape driver handles initialization of MSS and MPU supports
-itself so you don't need to enable other drivers than SoundScape
-(enable also the /dev/dsp, /dev/sequencer and MIDI supports).
-
-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-!!!!! !!!!
-!!!!! NOTE! Before version 3.5-beta6 there WERE two sets of audio !!!!
-!!!!! device files (/dev/dsp0 and /dev/dsp1). The first one WAS !!!!
-!!!!! used only for card initialization and the second for audio !!!!
-!!!!! purposes. It WAS required to change /dev/dsp (a symlink) to !!!!
-!!!!! point to /dev/dsp1. !!!!
-!!!!! !!!!
-!!!!! This is not required with OSS versions 3.5-beta6 and later !!!!
-!!!!! since there is now just one audio device file. Please !!!!
-!!!!! change /dev/dsp to point back to /dev/dsp0 if you are !!!!
-!!!!! upgrading from an earlier driver version using !!!!
-!!!!! (cd /dev;rm dsp;ln -s dsp0 dsp). !!!!
-!!!!! !!!!
-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
-The configuration program asks one DMA channel and two interrupts. One IRQ
-and one DMA is used by the MSS codec. The second IRQ is required for the
-MPU401 mode (you have to use different IRQs for both purposes).
-There were earlier two DMA channels for SoundScape but the current driver
-version requires just one.
-
-The SoundScape card has a Motorola microcontroller which must initialized
-_after_ boot (the driver doesn't initialize it during boot).
-The initialization is done by running the 'ssinit' program which is
-distributed in the snd-util-3.0.tar.gz package. You have to edit two
-defines in the ssinit.c and then compile the program. You may run ssinit
-manually (after each boot) or add it to /etc/rc.d/rc.local.
-
-The ssinit program needs the microcode file that comes with the DOS/Windows
-driver of the card. You will need to use version 1.30.00 or later
-of the microcode file (sndscape.co0 or sndscape.co1 depending on
-your card model). THE OLD sndscape.cod WILL NOT WORK. IT WILL HANG YOUR
-MACHINE. The only way to get the new microcode file is to download
-and install the DOS/Windows driver from ftp://ftp.ensoniq.com/pub.
-
-Then you have to select the proper microcode file to use: soundscape.co0
-is the right one for most cards and sndscape.co1 is for few (older) cards
-made by Reveal and/or Spea. The driver has capability to detect the card
-version during boot. Look at the boot log messages in /var/adm/messages
-and locate the sound driver initialization message for the SoundScape
-card. If the driver displays string <Ensoniq Soundscape (old)>, you have
-an old card and you will need to use sndscape.co1. For other cards use
-soundscape.co0. New Soundscape revisions such as Elite and PnP use
-code files with higher numbers (.co2, .co3, etc.).
-
-NOTE! Ensoniq Soundscape VIVO is not compatible with other Soundscape cards.
- Currently it's possible to use it in Linux only with OSS/Linux
- drivers.
-
-Check /var/adm/messages after running ssinit. The driver prints
-the board version after downloading the microcode file. That version
-number must match the number in the name of the microcode file (extension).
-
-Running ssinit with a wrong version of the sndscape.co? file is not
-dangerous as long as you don't try to use a file called sndscape.cod.
-If you have initialized the card using a wrong microcode file (sounds
-are terrible), just modify ssinit.c to use another microcode file and try
-again. It's possible to use an earlier version of sndscape.co[01] but it
-may sound weird.
-
-MAD16 (Pro) and Mozart
-----------------------
-
-You need to enable just the MAD16 /Mozart support when configuring
-the driver. _Don't_ enable SB, MPU401 or MSS. However you will need the
-/dev/audio, /dev/sequencer and MIDI supports.
-
-Mozart and OPTi 82C928 (the original MAD16) chips don't support
-MPU401 mode so enter just 0 when the configuration program asks the
-MPU/MIDI I/O base. The MAD16 Pro (OPTi 82C929) and 82C930 chips have MPU401
-mode.
-
-TB Tropez is based on the 82C929 chip. It has two MIDI ports.
-The one connected to the MAD16 chip is the second one (there is a second
-MIDI connector/pins somewhere??). If you have not connected the second MIDI
-port, just disable the MIDI port of MAD16. The 'Maui' compatible synth of
-Tropez is jumper configurable and not connected to the MAD16 chip (the
-Maui driver can be used with it).
-
-Some MAD16 based cards may cause feedback, whistle or terrible noise if the
-line3 mixer channel is turned too high. This happens at least with Shuttle
-Sound System. Current driver versions set volume of line3 low enough so
-this should not be a problem.
-
-If you have a MAD16 card which have an OPL4 (FM + Wave table) synthesizer
-chip (_not_ an OPL3), you have to append a line containing #define MAD16_OPL4
-to the file linux/drivers/sound/local.h (after running make config).
-
-MAD16 cards having a CS4231 codec support full duplex mode. This mode
-can be enabled by configuring the card to use two DMA channels. Possible
-DMA channel pairs are: 0&1, 1&0 and 3&0.
-
-NOTE! Cards having an OPTi 82C924/82C925 chip work with OSS/Free only in
-non-PnP mode (usually jumper selectable). The PnP mode is supported only
-by OSS/Linux.
-
-MV Jazz (ProSonic)
-------------------
-
-The Jazz16 driver is just a hack made to the SB Pro driver. However it works
-fairly well. You have to enable SB, SB Pro (_not_ SB16) and MPU401 supports
-when configuring the driver. The configuration program asks later if you
-want support for MV Jazz16 based cards (after asking SB base address). Answer
-'y' here and the driver asks the second (16 bit) DMA channel.
-
-The Jazz16 driver uses the MPU401 driver in a way which will cause
-problems if you have another MPU401 compatible card. In this case you must
-give address of the Jazz16 based MPU401 interface when the config
-program prompts for the MPU401 information. Then look at the MPU401
-specific section for instructions about configuring more than one MPU401 cards.
-
-Logitech Soundman Wave
-----------------------
-
-Read the above MV Jazz specific instructions first.
-
-The Logitech SoundMan Wave (don't confuse this with the SM16 or SM Games) is
-a MV Jazz based card which has an additional OPL4 based wave table
-synthesizer. The OPL4 chip is handled by an on board microcontroller
-which must be initialized during boot. The config program asks if
-you have a SM Wave immediately after asking the second DMA channel of jazz16.
-If you answer 'y', the config program will ask name of the file containing
-code to be loaded to the microcontroller. The file is usually called
-MIDI0001.BIN and it's located in the DOS/Windows driver directory. The file
-may also be called as TSUNAMI.BIN or something else (older cards?).
-
-The OPL4 synth will be inaccessible without loading the microcontroller code.
-
-Also remember to enable SB MPU401 support if you want to use the OPL4 mode.
-(Don't enable the 'normal' MPU401 device as with some earlier driver
-versions (pre 3.5-alpha8)).
-
-NOTE! Don't answer 'y' when the driver asks about SM Games support
- (the next question after the MIDI0001.BIN name). However
- answering 'y' doesn't cause damage your computer so don't panic.
-
-Sound Galaxies
---------------
-
-There are many different Sound Galaxy cards made by Aztech. The 8 bit
-ones are fully SB or SB Pro compatible and there should be no problems
-with them.
-
-The older 16 bit cards (SG Pro16, SG NX Pro16, Nova and Lyra) have
-an EEPROM chip for storing the configuration data. There is a microcontroller
-which initializes the card to match the EEPROM settings when the machine
-is powered on. These cards actually behave just like they have jumpers
-for all of the settings. Configure driver for MSS, MPU, SB/SB Pro and OPL3
-supports with these cards.
-
-There are some new Sound Galaxies in the market. I have no experience with
-them so read the card's manual carefully.
-
-ESS ES1688 and ES688 'AudioDrive' based cards
----------------------------------------------
-
-Support for these two ESS chips is embedded in the SB driver.
-Configure these cards just like SB. Enable the 'SB MPU401 MIDI port'
-if you want to use MIDI features of ES1688. ES688 doesn't have MPU mode
-so you don't need to enable it (the driver uses normal SB MIDI automatically
-with ES688).
-
-NOTE! ESS cards are not compatible with MSS/WSS so don't worry if MSS support
-of OSS doesn't work with it.
-
-There are some ES1688/688 based sound cards and (particularily) motherboards
-which use software configurable I/O port relocation feature of the chip.
-This ESS proprietary feature is supported only by OSS/Linux.
-
-There are ES1688 based cards which use different interrupt pin assignment than
-recommended by ESS (5, 7, 9/2 and 10). In this case all IRQ's don't work.
-At least a card called (Pearl?) Hypersound 16 supports IRQ15 but it doesn't
-work.
-
-ES1868 is a PnP chip which is (supposed to be) compatible with ESS1688
-brobably works with OSS/Free after initialization using isapnptools.
-
-Reveal cards
-------------
-
-There are several different cards made/marketed by Reveal. Some of them
-are compatible with SoundScape and some use the MAD16 chip. You may have
-to look at the card and try to identify its origin.
-
-Diamond
--------
-
-The oldest (Sierra Aria based) sound cards made by Diamond are not supported
-(they may work if the card is initialized using DOS). The recent (LX?)
-models are based on the MAD16 chip which is supported by the driver.
-
-Audio Excel DSP16
------------------
-
-Support for this card is currently not functional. A new driver for it
-should be available later this year.
-
-PCMCIA cards
-------------
-
-Sorry, can't help. Some cards may work and some don't.
-
-TI TM4000M notebooks
---------------------
-
-These computers have a built in sound support based on the Jazz chipset.
-Look at the instructions for MV Jazz (above). It's also important to note
-that there is something wrong with the mouse port and sound at least on
-some TM models. Don't enable the "C&T 82C710 mouse port support" when
-configuring Linux. Having it enabled is likely to cause mysterious problems
-and kernel failures when sound is used.
-
-miroSOUND
----------
-
-The miroSOUND PCM12 has been used successfully. This card is based on
-the MAD16, OPL4, and CS4231A chips and everything said in the section
-about MAD16 cards applies here, too. The only major difference between
-the PCM12 and other MAD16 cards is that instead of the mixer in the
-CS4231 codec a separate mixer controlled by an on-board 80C32
-microcontroller is used. Control of the mixer takes place via the ACI
-(miro's audio control interface) protocol that is implemented in a
-separate lowlevel driver. Make sure you compile this ACI driver
-together with the normal MAD16 support when you use a miroSOUND PCM12
-card. The ACI mixer is controlled by /dev/mixer and the CS4231 mixer
-by /dev/mixer2. You usually don't want to change anything on the
-CS4231 mixer.
-
-The miroSOUND PCM12 is capable of full duplex operation (simultaneous
-PCM replay and recording), which allows you to implement nice
-real-time signal processing audio effect software and network
-telephones. The ACI mixer has to be configured into a special "solo"
-mode for duplex operation in order to avoid feedback caused by the
-mixer (input hears output signal). See lowlevel/aci.c for details on
-the ioctl() for activating the "solo" mode.
-
-The following configuration parameters have worked fine for the PCM12
-in Markus Kuhn's system, many other configurations might work, too:
-CONFIG_MAD16_BASE=0x530, CONFIG_MAD16_IRQ=11, CONFIG_MAD16_DMA=3,
-CONFIG_MAD16_DMA2=0, CONFIG_MAD16_MPU_BASE=0x330, CONFIG_MAD16_MPU_IRQ=10,
-DSP_BUFFSIZE=65536, SELECTED_SOUND_OPTIONS=0x00281000.
-
-The miroSOUND PCM1 pro and the PCM20 are very similar to the PCM12.
-Perhaps the same ACI driver also works for these cards, however this
-has never actually been tested. The PCM20 contains a radio tuner,
-which is also controlled by ACI. This radio tuner is currently not
-supported by the ACI driver, but documentation for it was provided by
-miro and ACI tuner support could easily be added if someone is really
-interested.
-
-Compaq Deskpro XL
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-
-The builtin sound hardware of Compaq Deskpro XL is now supported.
-You need to configure the driver with MSS and OPL3 supports enabled.
-In addition you need to manually edit linux/drivers/sound/local.h and
-to add a line containing "#define DESKPROXL" if you used
-make menuconfig/xconfig.
-
-Others?
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-
-Since there are so many different sound cards, it's likely that I have
-forgotten to mention many of them. Please inform me if you know yet another
-card which works with Linux, please inform me (or is anybody else
-willing to maintain a database of supported cards (just like in XF86)?).
-
-Cards not supported yet
-=======================
-
-Please check the version of sound driver you are using before
-complaining that your card is not supported. It's possible you are
-using a driver version which was released months before your card was
-introduced. The driver's release date is listed after its version number in a
-"cat /dev/sndstat" printout and in the file linux/drivers/sound/soundvers.h.
-
-First of all, there is an easy way to make most sound cards work with Linux.
-Just use the DOS based driver to initialize the card to a known state, then use
-loadlin.exe to boot Linux. If Linux is configured to use the same I/O, IRQ and
-DMA numbers as DOS, the card could work.
-(ctrl-alt-del can be used in place of loadlin.exe but it doesn't work with
-new motherboards). This method works also with all/most PnP sound cards.
-
-Don't get fooled with SB compatibility. Most cards are compatible with
-SB but that may require a TSR which is not possible with Linux. If
-the card is compatible with MSS, it's a better choice. Some cards
-don't work in the SB and MSS modes at the same time.
-
-Then there are cards which are no longer manufactured and/or which
-are relatively rarely used (such as the 8 bit ProAudioSpectrum
-models). It's extremely unlikely that such cards ever get supported.
-Adding support for a new card requires much work and increases time
-required in maintaining the driver (some changes need to be done
-to all low level drivers and be tested too, maybe with multiple
-operating systems). For this reason I have made a decision to not support
-obsolete cards. It's possible that someone else makes a separately
-distributed driver (diffs) for the card.
-
-Writing a driver for a new card is not possible if there are no
-programming information available about the card. If you don't
-find your new card from this file, look from the home page
-(http://www.opensound.com/ossfree). Then please contact
-manufacturer of the card and ask if they have (or are willing to)
-released technical details of the card. Do this before contacting me. I
-can only answer 'no' if there are no programming information available.
-
-I have made decision to not accept code based on reverse engineering
-to the driver. There are three main reasons: First I don't want to break
-relationships to sound card manufacturers. The second reason is that
-maintaining and supporting a driver without any specs will be a pain.
-The third reason is that companies have freedom to refuse selling their
-products to other than Windows users.
-
-Some companies don't give low level technical information about their
-products to public or at least their require signing a NDA. It's not
-possible to implement a freeware driver for them. However it's possible
-that support for such cards become available in the commercial version
-of this driver (see http://www.4Front-tech.com/oss.html for more info).
-
-There are some common audio chipsets that are not supported yet. For example
-Sierra Aria and IBM Mwave. It's possible that these architectures
-get some support in future but I can't make any promises. Just look
-at the home page (http://www.opensound.com/ossfree/new_cards.html)
-for latest info.
-
-Information about unsupported sound cards and chipsets is welcome as well
-as free copies of sound cards, SDKs and operating systems.
-
-If you have any corrections and/or comments, please contact me.
-
-Hannu Savolainen
-hannu@opensound.com
-
-Personal home page: http://www.compusonic.fi/~hannu
-home page of OSS/Free: http://www.opensound.com/ossfree
-
-home page of commercial OSS
-(Open Sound System) drivers: http://www.opensound.com/oss.html
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