Re: Soundcard SB128PCI + Kernel 2.2.7 = HOWTO?

Wakko Warner (wakko@animx.eu.org)
Fri, 7 May 1999 15:33:01 -0400

> I have problems in getting my soundcard SB128PCI running under
> a 2.2.7 Kernel (SuSE 6.1 system). I have made a kernel with
> support for my soundcard (Ensoniq AudioPCI (rev. 01) with an
> ES1370, I suppose). I can activate the "sound" module:
>
> >modprobe sound
> >lsmod
> Module Size Used by
> sound 59000 0
> soundlow 304 0 [sound]
> soundcore 2788 3 [sound]
>
> But I cannot activate the "sb" module:

the SB module AFAIK is for ISA cards only. This card (like my pci64) uses
the es1370 driver, not the sb driver. All you need to do is modprobe
es1370. The nice thing about PCI cards is they don't need to be told where
the io/irq/etc is at...

> >modprobe sb
> /lib/modules/2.2.7/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
> /lib/modules/2.2.7/misc/sb.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.7/misc/sb.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.2.7/misc/sb.o: insmod sb failed
>
> The message file gives another hint:
>
> May 7 16:34:00 rzpc kernel: Soundblaster audio driver ...
> May 7 16:34:00 rzpc kernel: sb: dsp reset failed.
>
> I guess (hope) it's just a problem of proper setting
> the "I/O, IRQ, and DMA" parameters for the module. But
> how do I find them? I don't have a windows system
> installed and really wouldn't like to install one
> just to find the parameters! The default setting
> for a SB in /etc/conf.modules is:
>
> options sb io=0x220 irq=7 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
>
> This apparently does not work. During bootup I see
> irq being 11 for the soundcard. Is this, what I have
> to enter here? What about the remaining parameters?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ruben
>
> PS. I have checked /proc/interrupts, /proc/ioports
> and /proc/dma but cannot find my soundcard
> there. Also pnpdump does not find anything use-
> full since the soundcard is PCI based.
> --
> Sound related stuff in my /usr/src/linux/.config
>
> CONFIG_SOUND=m
> CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370=m
> CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m
> CONFIG_SOUND_SB=m
> CONFIG_SOUND_ADLIB=m
> CONFIG_SOUND_YM3812=m
> CONFIG_LOWLEVEL_SOUND=y
> CONFIG_AWE32_SYNTH=m

All you need here is CONFIG_SOUND and CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370. The rest is
completely irrelevent to the card.

I have found out, some programs like xwave, mixviews, rvplayer, etc do not
like the es1370 driver. (alen, any clues?) I kept my sb16 in the machine
when I got the pci64 card. I'm glad I did for the above reason. the sb16
and the sbpci64 have never conflicted. Its nice. /dev/dsp and /dev/dsp1 is
on the 64 and /dev/dsp2 is on the 16.

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