I recently had to compile a kernel for a friend who has a soundblaster pro.
and the sound configure was slightly confusing- it wanted the 16 bit
sound DMA, and the soundblaster pro is an 8 bit device. it didn't give
me a clue as to what to do (set it to 0, -1, or what?).
after reading the Readme in linux/drivers/sound (why isn't this in
linux/Documentation; at least as softlinks?), it appeared i needed to
set the 16 bit DMA to the same value as the 8 bit DMA.
so anyway, the following is a tiny patch that should save some people a
little confusion:
jeff
PS: could we get drivers/sound/Readme updated with Hannu's new mail/http
location?
--- linux/drivers/sound/configure.c~ Fri Apr 12 14:20:51 1996
+++ linux/drivers/sound/configure.c Fri Apr 26 12:53:07 1996
@@ -763,9 +763,9 @@
ask_int_choice (B (OPT_SB), "SB_DMA2",
"SoundBlaster 16 bit DMA (_REQUIRED_for SB16, Jazz16, SMW)",
FMT_INT,
5,
- "5, 6 or 7");
+ "5, 6 or 7 (enter 8 bit DMA for 8 bit cards)");
ask_int_choice (B (OPT_SB), "SB_MPU_BASE",
"MPU401 I/O base of SB16, Jazz16 and ES1688",
FMT_HEX,