Patch for AWE32 docs

Yaroslav Rosomakho (alons55@dialup.ptt.ru)
Tue, 14 Jul 1998 16:44:19 +0000


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Sorry forgot to attach file...

Yaroslav Rosomakho

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diff -urN linux.orig/Documentation/sound/AWE32 linux/Documentation/sound/AWE32
--- linux.orig/Documentation/sound/AWE32 Tue Jul 14 20:07:44 1998
+++ linux/Documentation/sound/AWE32 Tue Jul 14 20:39:18 1998
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@
(IO 3 (BASE 0x0E20)) (ACT Y) ))"

Resources 0x0620, 0x0A20 and 0x0E20 should work. Other on-board devices:
-Gameport and StereoEnhance are not needed. In my case StereoEnhance didn't
-even work!
+Gameport and StereoEnhance are not required to be inited.

Now you can execute "isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf". No errors should be reported.
If you correctly installed isapnptools, then isapnp will run every boot time.
@@ -64,22 +63,20 @@
because the AWE32 driver is included in them. ATTENTION! In kernels 2.1.102,
2.1.103, 2.1.104-pre1 and 2.1.104 (not the others) the lowlevel sound driver
is not working. You should use the patch available at
-http://members.xoom.com/yar. If you are using stable kernel releases
-2.0.x (I am not sure about 2.0.34), then get the latest version (3.8s9) of
+http://members.xoom.com/yar/history.html. If you are using stable kernel
+releases 2.0.x, then get the latest version (3.8s9) of
OSS/Free at http://members.xoom.com/yar/ossfree38s9-linux20x.tar.gz
-and untar it in /usr/src/ (assuming you keep your kernel source in
-/usr/src/linux). Then go to /usr/src/linux/ and view
-the README file. That file contains info about kernel compilation and
-installation. If you use kernel version 2.0.x or version <= 2.1.104 go
-to substep a, on 2.1.105 or later go to step b.
+and gunzip/untar it in /usr/src/ (assuming you keep your kernel source in
+/usr/src/linux). Then go to /usr/src/linux/ and view the README file. That
+file contains info about kernel compilation and installation.

In "make (x,menu)config" select in "Sound":
"Sound card support", "100% Sound Blaster compatibles (SB16/32/64, ESS, Jazz16) support",
"Generic OPL2/OPL3 FM synthesizer support" and "FM synthesizer (YM3812/OPL-3)
support" as <M> (module).

-If you use kernel version 2.0.x or version <= 2.1.104 skip substep a, on
-2.1.105 or later go through it.
+If you use kernel version 2.0.x or version 2.1.y (y <= 2.1.104) skip substep a,
+on 2.1.105 or later go through it.

substep a:
In "make (x,menu)config" select in "Sound":
@@ -90,7 +87,7 @@
Select "Additional low level sound drivers" as [y] (or [*] (yes)) (If it is not
available as [y], select it as <M> (module))
Now recompile the kernel (make dep; make (b)zImage; make modules;
-make modules_install) and boot new kernel.
+make modules_install), update your boot loader and boot new kernel.

6) Now download awesfx program
http://members.xoom.com/yar/awesfx-0.4.2.tgz here. Compile it.

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