patch-2.2.0-pre8 linux/drivers/sound/Readme

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• Date: Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969
• Orig file: v2.2.0-pre7/linux/drivers/sound/Readme
• Orig date: Fri Oct 23 22:01:21 1998

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-OSS/Free version 3.8 release notes
-----------------------------------
-
-Most up to date information about this driver is available from 
-http://www.opensound.com/ossfree.
-
-
-
-Please read the SOUND-HOWTO (available from sunsite.unc.edu and other Linux FTP 
-sites). It gives instructions about using sound with Linux. It's bit out of
-date but still very useful. Information about bug fixes and such things
-is available from the web page (see above).
-
-Please check http://www.opensound.com/pguide for more info about programming
-with OSS API.
-
-   ====================================================
--  THIS VERSION ____REQUIRES____ Linux 2.1.57 OR LATER.
-   ====================================================
-
-Packages "snd-util-3.8.tar.gz" and "snd-data-0.1.tar.Z"
-contain useful utilities to be used with this driver.
-See http://www.opensound.com/ossfree/getting.html for
-download instructions.
-
-If you are looking for the installation instructions, please
-look at Readme.linux.
-
-Supported sound cards
----------------------
-
-See Readme.cards.
-
-Please check http://www.opensound.com/ossfree if you don't find
-your sound card there.
-
-Contributors
-------------
-
-This driver contains code by several contributors. In addition several other
-persons have given useful suggestions. The following is a list of major
-contributors. (I could have forgotten some names.)
-
-	Craig Metz	1/2 of the PAS16 Mixer and PCM support
-	Rob Hooft	Volume computation algorithm for the FM synth.
-	Mika Liljeberg	uLaw encoding and decoding routines
-	Jeff Tranter	Linux SOUND HOWTO document
-	Greg Lee	Volume computation algorithm for the GUS and
-			lot's of valuable suggestions.
-	Andy Warner	ISC port
-	Jim Lowe,
-	Amancio Hasty Jr	FreeBSD/NetBSD port
-	Anders Baekgaard 	Bug hunting and valuable suggestions.
-	Joerg Schubert	SB16 DSP support (initial version).
-	Andrew Robinson Improvements to the GUS driver
-	Megens SA	MIDI recording for SB and SB Pro (initial version).
-	Mikael Nordqvist  Linear volume support for GUS and
-			  nonblocking /dev/sequencer.
-	Ian Hartas		SVR4.2 port
-	Markus Aroharju	and
-	Risto Kankkunen		Major contributions to the mixer support
-				of GUS v3.7.
-	Hunyue Yau	Mixer support for SG NX Pro.
-	Marc Hoffman	PSS support (initial version).
-	Rainer Vranken	Initialization for Jazz16 (initial version).
-	Peter Trattler	Initial version of loadable module support for Linux.
-	JRA Gibson	16 bit mode for Jazz16 (initial version)
-	Davor Jadrijevic MAD16 support (initial version)
-	Gregor Hoffleit	Mozart support (initial version)
-	Riccardo Facchetti Audio Excel DSP 16 (aedsp16) support
-	James Hightower Spotting a tiny but important bug in CS423x support.
-	Denis Sablic	OPTi 82C924 spesific enhancements (non PnP mode)
-	Tim MacKenzie	Full duplex support for OPTi 82C930.
-	
-	Please look at lowlevel/README for more contributors.
-
-There are probably many other names missing. If you have sent me some
-patches and your name is not in the above list, please inform me.
-
-Sending your contributions or patches
--------------------------------------
-
-First of all it's highly recommended to contact me before sending anything
-or before even starting to do any work. Tell me what you suggest to be
-changed or what you have planned to do. Also ensure you are using the
-very latest (development) version of OSS/Free since the change may already be
-implemented there. In general it's major waste of time to try to improve
-several months old version. Information about the latest version can be found
-from http://www.opensound.com/ossfree. In general there is no point in
-sending me patches relative to production kernels.
-
-Sponsors etc.
--------------
-
-The following companies have greatly helped development of this driver 
-in form of a free copy of their product:
-
-Novell, Inc.		UnixWare personal edition + SDK
-The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. 	A SCO OpenServer + SDK
-Ensoniq Corp,		a SoundScape card and extensive amount of assistance
-MediaTrix Peripherals Inc, a AudioTrix Pro card + SDK
-Acer, Inc.		a pair of AcerMagic S23 cards.
-
-In addition the following companies have provided me sufficient amount
-of technical information at least some of their products (free or $$$):
-
-Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd.
-Media Vision Inc.
-Analog Devices Inc.
-Logitech Inc.
-Aztech Labs Inc.
-Crystal Semiconductor Corporation,
-Integrated Circuit Systems Inc.
-OAK Technology
-OPTi
-Turtle Beach
-miro
-Ad Lib Inc. ($$)
-Music Quest Inc. ($$)
-Creative Labs ($$$)
-
-If you have some problems
-=========================
-
-Read the sound HOWTO (sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/docs/...?).
-Also look at the home page (http://www.opensound.com/ossfree). It may
-contain info about some recent bug fixes.
-
-It's likely that you have some problems when trying to use the sound driver
-first time. Sound cards don't have standard configuration so there are no
-good default configuration to use. Please try to use same I/O, DMA and IRQ
-values for the sound card than with DOS.
-
-If you get an error message when trying to use the driver, please look
-at /var/adm/messages for more verbose error message.
-
-
-In general the easiest way to diagnose problems is to do "cat /dev/sndstat".
-
-If you get an error message, there are some problems with the driver setup:
-
-	- "No such file or directory" tells that the device files for
-	the sound driver are missing. Use the script at the end of
-	linux/drivers/sound/Readme.linux to create them.
-
-	- "No such device" tells that the sound driver is not in the kernel.
-	You have to reconfigure and recompile the kernel to have the sound
-	driver. Compiling the driver doesn't help alone. You have to boot
-	with the newly compiled one before the driver becomes active.
-	The Linux-HOWTO should help in this step.
-
-The following errors are likely with /dev/dsp and /dev/audio.
-
-	- "No such device or address". This error message should not happen
-	with /dev/sndstat but it's possible with the other sound devices.
-	This error indicates that there are no suitable hardware for the
-	device file or the sound driver has been compiled without support for
-	this particular device. For example /dev/audio and /dev/dsp will not
-	work if "digitized voice support" was not enabled during "make config".
-	
-	- "Device or resource busy". Probably the IRQ (or DMA) channel 
-	required by the sound card is in use by some other device/driver.
-
-	- "I/O error". Almost certainly (99%) it's an IRQ or DMA conflict.
-	Look at the kernel messages in /var/adm/notice for more info.
-
-	- "Invalid argument". The application is calling ioctl()
-	with impossible parameters. Check that the application is
-	for sound driver version 2.X or later.
-
-In general the printout of /dev/sndstat should tell what is the problem.
-It's possible that there are bugs in the sound driver but 99% of the problems
-reported to me are caused by somehow incorrect setup during "make config".
-
-Best regards,
-
-Hannu
-
-Hannu Savolainen
-hannu@opensound.com	
-(Please check http://www.opensound.com/ossfree before mailing me).
-
-Snail mail:	Hannu Savolainen
-		Hiekkalaiturintie 3 A 8
-		00980 Helsinki
-		Finland