Re: 2.1.94 breaks ALS-100 SB16-compatible soundcard

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 13 Apr 1998 00:44:19 +0100 (BST)


> in both 2.0.xx and 2.1.xx kernels, but linux-2.1.94 incorrectly
> identifies the card as being ALS-007 based. Quake still runs,
> but produces no sound. (No errors in any logs.)

Well its close - its identifying it as an ALS card because it has the
original registers

> * A patch for a typo in drivers/sound/dmabuf.c

its not a typo, its the way Hannu formats his code.

> I'd be happy to run some tests so that we can work out the
> proper way of identifying the ALS-007 and ALS-100 chips.

It may not be that easy to arrange. I will add an als007 parameter
to the sb module for the moment.

> Audio devices:
> 0: Sound Blaster (ALS-007) (4.2) ; should be: Sound Blaster 16 (4.2)

Well should be Sound Blaster (ALS-100) ;)

Alan

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