sound: get sbc, but no pcm

[Ariff Abdullah]

On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 13:06:08 +0000
Anton Shterenlikht <mexas at bristol.ac.uk> wrote:
> I'm trying to get a sound from my laptop. I can see the actual card
> in dmesg, but no audio framework driver (no pcm).
> 
> hardware: i386 armada 1700 laptop
> sound: ESS 1869 16-bit Plug and Play (PnP)
> OS: FBSD 6.3-prerelease
> 
> I checked that the sound is working using Compaq PC diagnostics
> floppy.
> 
> I added 
> 
> 	device          sound
> 	device          snd_sbc
> 	device          snd_sb16
> 
> to the kernel configuration file and
> 
> 	hint.pcm.0.at="isa"
> 	hint.pcm.0.port="0x220"
> 	hint.pcm.0.irq="5"
> 	hint.pcm.0.drq="1"
> 	hint.pcm.0.flags="0x0"
> 
> to /boot/device.hints. The port was set up using Compaq Setup for
> Portables floppy.
> 
> I can see the card in dmesg as sbc0:
> 
> unknown: <PNP0401> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0700> can't assign resources (port)
> sbc0: <ESS ES1869 (Compaq OEM)> at port
> 0x230-0x23f,0x388-0x38b,0x300-0x301 irq 5 drq 0,1 on isa0
> sbc0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> unknown: <PNP0303> can't assign resources (port)
> unknown: <PNP0f13> can't assign resources (irq)
> unknown: <PNP0c02> can't assign resources (memory)
> 
> but I cannot see pcm, and /dev/sndstat is empty:
> 
> # cat /dev/sndstat
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm)
> Installed devices:
> #
>  
> What am I missing?

snd_ess

> Are the "unknown" messages relevant?
> 
> many thanks
> anton
> 


--
Ariff Abdullah
FreeBSD

... Recording in stereo is obviously too advanced
    and confusing for us idiot ***** users :P ........
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