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?

--

        -- Lennart



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Peter Seebach wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>So, according to IBM, my laptop has 16-bit sound.&nbsp;
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.&nbsp; 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?&nbsp; What sound chip is it?
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -- Lennart</pre>
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