Re: HELP with Sound Card
On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, XRDLAB wrote:
> >Didn't you read the documentation? There is no SB 16 compatible card on the
> >market. ..........
> >
> Yes, I read the documentation and it said that some cards might work.
> That is why I mentioned that the card "claims" to be compatible.
The compatibility most cards claim is not a strict hardware compatibility,
but a software API compatibility of the Windows(TM) driver that comes with
the card, meaning that applications that expect a SB16 type of driver
will find a driver similar enough. That's what drivers do: they hide
complicated lowlevel information from applications, providing only the
Application Program Interface instead.
(Unfortunately, marketing people hide this complicated lowlevel
information from comsumers and instead provide only a Consumer Sales
Interface: "SB16 compatible.")
The Linux kernel however implements such a driver and API itself and looks
directly at the hardware and sees something quite different from a SB16.
> I am sorry that I cannot give you more info. The cards manual does not
> tell anything much. If it helps I can post the details of the IC's on
> the card.
You could note the numbers and text on the IC's and do:
cd /usr/src/linux (or wherever you keep the kernel source)
grep "text fragment" `find drivers/sound -type f`
Then, when it finds something, look at that file and maybe it'll tell you
more. I'm sorry, but this is all I can help you with.
Cheers,
Joost
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