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RE: cdplay & sound.o autoloading



As Casper BodenCummins said:
  
>  Someone (I know you will) correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the CD
>  simply send audio directly to the sound card, rather than via a device
>  file?
>  
>  This would not require a sound module, or kernel support for sound, to
>  be present. It would also suggest your problem lies in the card's
>  initialisation.
>  
>  Casper Boden-Cummins.
 

You are correct. That's what the little cable (with 4 wires, I believe) is
for. The audio data doesn't go through the CPU.

--gilbert
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Gilbert Ramirez Jr.                     gram@merece.uthscsa.edu
University of Texas                     http://merece.uthscsa.edu/gram
Health Science Center at San Antonio    University Health System



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