Subject: chap-audio fixes
To: None <netbsd-docs@netbsd.org>
From: Daniel de Kok <blowgish@freeshell.org>
List: netbsd-docs
Date: 05/13/2003 11:57:39
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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

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