Subject: Re: Sound driver for Yamaha OPL3 chipset
To: Bill Studenmund <skippy@macro.stanford.edu>
From: David M. Stanhope DMS <dms@bsdpc.celtech.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/09/1997 19:36:24
On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Bill Studenmund wrote:

> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 11:32:32 -0800 (PST)
> From: Bill Studenmund <skippy@macro.stanford.edu>
> To: "David M. Stanhope DMS" <dms@bsdpc.celtech.com>
> Cc: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net>,
>     explorer@flame.org, port-i386@NetBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Sound driver for Yamaha OPL3 chipset 
> 
> On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, David M. Stanhope DMS wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote:
> > 
> > > Shouldn't the standard SoundBlaster or Windows Sound System drivers
> > > Just Work?  It is supposed to be hardware compatible and all...
> > > 
> > since it is generally used on PNP cards must add id to sb_isapnp.c, but still
> > won't really work since its SoundBlaster emulation is play only and it uses
> > the second irq that PNP gives not the first, and sb_isapnp.c always trys to
> > use the first one. Windows Sound System would be better but there is currently
> > no PNP stuff for it.
> >                                    dms@celtech.com

Just to clarify, I mistyped, it is the DMA channels that are swapped for SB
emulation not the IRQ and as you say I have gotten it to work by hacking
sb_isapnp.c
                       dms@celtech.com
> 
> It'd be real easy to add code to the sb attach code to switch which PNP
> IRQ the sb code uses.
> 
> There's work in progress on adding wsspnp support. Lennart split things
> for me, and I'm trying to get my OPTi931 sound card to work. Right now, it
> fails in the ad1848 detect. :-(
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Bill
> 
>