Subject: Corrections for chap-audio.sgml
To: None <netbsd-docs@netbsd.org>
From: Daniel de Kok <daniel@blowgish.org>
List: netbsd-docs
Date: 02/03/2003 18:52:41
Hi all,
While translating chap-audio.sgml of the Short Guide I noticed some parag=
raphs =20
wich are, in my humble opinion;), not entirely correct. Should I send dif=
fs=20
to this mailinglist, Frederico Lupi, www@ or using send-pr? For this time=
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I'll post them here...
With kind regards,
Daniel de Kok
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--- chap-audio.sgml.orig=09Mon Feb 3 18:36:54 2003
+++ chap-audio.sgml=09Mon Feb 3 18:41:27 2003
@@ -78,19 +78,19 @@
</para>
=20
<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>
=20
<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>
=20
<note>
@@ -180,11 +180,8 @@
</para>
=20
<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.
+ Plug and Play soundcards 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>=20
@@ -216,7 +213,7 @@
=20
<para>
Sometimes it is necessary to setup manually the IRQ and DMA
- for the device.
+ for non-PnP ISA cards.
</para>
=20
<para>
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