Subject: Re: 8-bit vs. 16-bit sound...
To: Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net>
From: Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/02/2000 08:15:20
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Peter Seebach wrote:
> So, according to IBM, my laptop has 16-bit sound. However, "audioctl -a"
> seems to think otherwise:
>
> encodings=ulinear:8,mulaw:8*,alaw:8*,slinear:8*
>
> Does this mean IBM is confused, or does it mean our driver didn't grok the
> "SB-compatible" card in fullness?
That's kinda right. You sound chip is probably compatible with old 8-bit
SB (instead of SB16), and NetBSD doesn't know how to drive it in native mode.
What does dmesg say? What sound chip is it?
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-- Lennart
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Peter Seebach wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>So, according to IBM, my laptop has 16-bit sound.
However, "audioctl -a"
<br>seems to think otherwise:
<p>encodings=ulinear:8,mulaw:8*,alaw:8*,slinear:8*
<p>Does this mean IBM is confused, or does it mean our driver didn't grok
the
<br>"SB-compatible" card in fullness?</blockquote>
That's kinda right. You sound chip is probably compatible with old
8-bit
<br>SB (instead of SB16), and NetBSD doesn't know how to drive it in native
mode.
<p>What does dmesg say? What sound chip is it?
<pre>--
-- Lennart</pre>
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