Subject: Re: chap-audio fixes
To: Daniel de Kok <blowgish@freeshell.org>
From: Jason R. Fink <jrf@adresearch.com>
List: netbsd-docs
Date: 05/16/2003 09:50:51
Hi there,
I was working on pulling this in and I had a question.
The first two changes look fine, however, towards the bottom
of the diff, a whole bunch of items are just removed from
the chapter. Why is that? I have not invested any time
in finding out *why* myself, I am just cheating and asking
real quick :-)
Thanks,
j
On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 11:57:39AM +0000, Daniel de Kok wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Here are some fixes for chap-audio to start of with. It mentions ISA a
> several times where ISA PnP should be mentioned and GENERIC now has
> PnP enabled by default.
>
> With kind regards,
> Daniel
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> --- chap-audio.xml.old Tue May 13 13:32:18 2003
> +++ chap-audio.xml Tue May 13 13:43:52 2003
> @@ -78,19 +78,19 @@
> </para>
>
> <para>
> - ISA cards are usually more tricky to configure mostly because
> - of the interaction with the BIOS of the computer.
> + ISA Plug and Play cards are usually more tricky to configure
> + mostly because of the interaction with the BIOS of the computer.
> </para>
>
> <para>
> On the newer machines (those produced after 1997) there is a
> BIOS option which causes many headaches for the configuration
> - of ISA audio cards (but not only audio cards): this option is
> - usually named <quote>PNP OS Installed</quote> and is commonly
> - found in the <quote>PNP/PCI Configuration</quote> (the names
> - can be different in your BIOS.)
> - As a general rule it is usually better to disable (i.e. set
> - it to <quote>NO</quote>) this option for NetBSD.
> + of ISA Plug and Play audio cards (but not only audio cards):
> + this option is usually named <quote>PNP OS Installed</quote>
> + and is commonly found in the <quote>PNP/PCI Configuration</quote>
> + (the names can be different in your BIOS.) As a general rule it is
> + usually better to disable (i.e. set it to <quote>NO</quote>) this
> + option for NetBSD.
> </para>
>
> <note>
> @@ -177,33 +177,8 @@
> <para>
> NetBSD supports a wide range of audio cards and the GENERIC
> kernel already enables and configures most of them.
> - </para>
> -
> - <para>
> - Many PCs don't have a sound card but an integrated audio
> - chipset; this means that the chipset is installed on the
> - motherboard.
> - These are not enabled in the GENERIC kernel and you'll have
> - to compile a custom kernel in order to use them.
> - Look for the following (or similar) lines in the GENERIC
> - file:
> - </para>
> -
> - <screen>
> -# Plug-and-Play BIOS and attached devices
> -
> -#pnpbios* at mainbus?
> -
> -# mainboard audio chips
> -#ess* at pnpbios? index ? # ESS AudioDrive
> -#sb* at pnpbios? index ? # NeoMagic 256AV in sb mode
> -#wss* at pnpbios? index ? # NeoMagic 256AV in wss mode
> -#ym* at pnpbios? index ? # OPL3-SA3
> - </screen>
> -
> - <para>
> - Uncomment the <quote>pnpbios</quote> line and the line which
> - describes the device on you motherboard.
> + Sometimes it is necessary to setup manually the IRQ and DMA
> + for non-PnP ISA cards.
> </para>
>
> <note>
> @@ -213,11 +188,6 @@
> linkend="chap-kernel" />.
> </para>
> </note>
> -
> - <para>
> - Sometimes it is necessary to setup manually the IRQ and DMA
> - for the device.
> - </para>
>
> <para>
> If you still have problems you can try enabling all the
--
Jason (Jay) R Fink jrf@netbsd.org