Subject: Re: Sound driver for Yamaha OPL3 chipset
To: David M. Stanhope DMS <dms@bsdpc.celtech.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <skippy@macro.stanford.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/09/1997 11:32:32
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

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