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Re: Sound Blaster AWE32 and Sound Blaster AWE 64 Gold



Will Lowe <lowe@cis.udel.edu> writes:

> On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 01:10:03PM -0400, Will Lowe wrote:
> > > If you have a pnp bios, it's handled before linux even boots.
> > > Otherwise, you'll need to use the isapnptools package.
> > 
> > Hmm, nearly correct. I experienced with pnp bios and SB32pnp, that only
> > some sound works. Midi etc. needs isapnptools anyway. :-(
> 
> Hmm ... I have a SB16 and midi works fine without isapnptools,  maybe
> that's the difference.

You probably have a waveblaster extension mounted to i/o 330 using the
MPU 401 interface.  The SB 32 has a build-in (non MPU 401 compatible)
Emu8000 waveblaster that need to be initialized to work correctly.

I tried pnp extension for the kernel too and the whole sound card
stoped working.  Now I have the normal kernel with the awe patches
installed and use isapnp to initialize all devices on the sound card.

BTW: The normal SB 16 compatible sound works without any special
     initilization, only the midi part needs extra handling to work
     correctly.

        Torsten

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