Re: bttv, make xconfig and modem probs /w 2.1.129

Helge Hafting (helge.hafting@daldata.no)
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 10:15:27 +0100


> Hi!
>
> Thanks for your response, Helge.
>
> >> Why are the soundblaster settings grayed out (IRQ, DMA ...)?
>
> > Grayed-out settings mean you must select something else first, [...]
> > You must select sound support before you can select soundblaster,
> > and select soundblaster before you can select soundblaster details
>
> I know this. But in make xxxconfig for 2.0.3x it also worked for
> sound *module* support. Now, the soundblaster details are available
> only when soundblaster is linked to the kernel. Module support doesn't
> work this way.

Sorry. Modules don't work that way, the settings aren't compiled
into the module because you may want to load the module twice with
different parameters in order to support two cards, or you
may want to try out several different settings without compiling
and rebooting each time. You have to specify parameters when loading
the module explicitly, or put your settings in
/etc/conf.modules so they'll work when the module loads automatically.
Take a look at /etc/conf.modules, manpages for modprobe/insmod,
and the various sound+module documentation files in the kernel
source tree. (See both the Documentation/ directory tree and the
drivers/sound/ directory)

If you need to experiment, use explicit module loading like
modprobe sb.o IRQ=xxx DMA=yyy
until it actually works. Then get those parameters into /etc/conf.modules
so you don'æt have to remember them anymore.
>
> > SVGA settings work the same way, enable some main setting first before
> > you can access detail settings.
>
> Sorry, no! I did all my selections for SVGA, but the advanced SVGA
> settings as Matrox Millenium support leaved grayed out in make xconfig.
> In make menuconfig it worked fine! After doing a make menuconfig and
> just storing the settings as they have been set by make xconfig, I
> did again a make xconfig - now all the matrox settings were available.
Looks like a bug in xconfig then. Use menuconfig till they fix it.

Helge Hafting

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