Re: Sound makefile fix

Michael Elizabeth Chastain (mec@shout.net)
Tue, 30 Dec 1997 12:53:16 -0600


Hi Matt,

> The options lines as far as I understand it need the second parameter
> to tell it what module to operate on. Since the only sound module that
> exists with this patch is called sound then that argument would need to
> be sound and not sb.

sound.o isn't the only module. sb.o and uart401.o are also there,
plus the other modules you enabled.

> Also, the way I understood the new setup (and I could be wrong) is that
> the sb on my line above tells the sound driver what driver to use. Maybe
> it's not needed. I'll experiment with it.

The new setup doesn't work that way. I believe 'sound.o' doesn't take
parameters at all. You have to 'modprobe sb', and give sb.o the
parameters for the Sound Blaster.

Michael Chastain
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