Subject: Re: neo0: can't map buffer
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
From: Kimi Ostro <kimimeister@gmail.com>
List: current-users
Date: 04/05/2007 18:22:50
On 05/04/07, Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org> wrote:
>
> On Apr 5, 2007, at 6:27 AM, Kimi Ostro wrote:
>
> > Hi list,
> >
> > I decided I wanted to play music today on laptop, but realised there
> > was no sound and only interesting could find is:
> > neo0 at pci1 dev 0 function 1: NeoMagic 256ZX audio
> > neo0: can't map buffer
>
> The NeoMagic audio device uses the buffer resident in the device
> itself, not main memory.  That message is telling you that the driver
> was unable to map that hardware buffer into the kernel's address
> space.

> It possibly means that you have the device unconfigured in
> your BIOS settings (the most likely cause of this message is that the
> PCI bus address register for that buffer has not been programmed by
> the BIOS at power-up).
>

There isnt much to configure in the BIOS it self :( - cant see no
where obvious. I reset the BIOS just make sure. Yet I can use it ok
under FreeBSD.

> -- thorpej
>
>

Hmm choice: NetBSD with working networking or FreeBSD with working
sound. Windows isnt a choice.

Think Ill take networking ;)

Thanks.

-- 
Kimi