> The sound driver appears to still be broken in 2.1.76. sound_syms.o gets a
> link in linux/modules but either doesn't get created or gets blown away.
> After module installation and reboot, however, this happens:
>
> # more /dev/sndstat
> e: Driver loaded as a module.
> Kernel: Linux crl5 2.1.76 #2 Thu Dec 25 14:15:38 CST 1997 i586
> Config options: 0
>
> Installed drivers:
>
> Card config:
>
> Audio devices:
>
> Synth devices:
>
> Midi devices:
>
> Timers:
> 0: System clock
>
> Mixers:
>
> The sound card is an AWE32 PnP. The card is configured successfully and
> works in kernel version 2.1.64, but the sound driver doesn't get around to
> detecting it in 2.1.7[36]. /dev/sequencer and friends point to some black
> hole somewhere.
>
> (root@crl5) </usr/src/linux>$ more /dev/sequencer
> Sequencer: No MIDI devices. Input not possible
> /dev/sequencer: Device not configured
> (root@crl5) </usr/src/linux>$ more /dev/dsp
> /dev/dsp: Device not configured
> (root@crl5) </usr/src/linux>$ more /dev/audio
> /dev/audio: Device not configured
> (root@crl5) </usr/src/linux>$
>
> Did I miss a config option or a thread on the list?
>
Yes you missed a thread on the list - you either need to add
configuration info to /etc/conf.modules or modprobe/insmod the driver
manually... like:
modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1
(no, I don't have sb* at the moment; that's something near the right way to
load it ;))