Hi,
I've been trying to get my PnP OPTi931 card (supposedly Soundblaster Pro
compatible) to work. Finally I managed to get it working by setting it
to IO 0x0220, DMA 1, IRQ 7 in DOS and then using Loadlin to load Linux.
However as the sound quality is awful and I prefer using LILO I am quite
unsatisfied with this compromise.
I heard that one can get the card working by using pnpdump, configuring
its output and lastly using isapnp on the configured output. I tried
this but pnpdump's output goes way above my head. Can someone help?
Here is pnpdump's output:
# $Id: pnpdump.c,v 1.10 1997/07/14 22:30:47 fox Exp $
# This is free software, see the sources for details.
# This software has NO WARRANTY, use at your OWN RISK
#
# For details of this file format, see isapnp.conf(5)
#
# For latest information on isapnp and pnpdump see:
# http://www.roestock.demon.co.uk/isapnptools/
#
# Compiler flags: -DREALTIME -DNEEDSETSCHEDULER
#
# Trying port address 0203
# Board 1 has serial identifier 74 ff ff ff ff 31 09 14 3e
# (DEBUG)
(READPORT 0x0203)
(ISOLATE)
(IDENTIFY *)
# Card 1: (serial identifier 74 ff ff ff ff 31 09 14 3e)
# OPT0931 Serial No -1 [checksum 74]
# Version 1.0, Vendor version 0.0
# ANSI string -->OPTi Audio 16<--
#
# Logical device id OPTffff
#
# Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration required.
# Note that only the first value of any range is given, this may be
changed if required
# Don't forget to uncomment the activate (ACT Y) when happy
(CONFIGURE OPT0931/-1 (LD 0
# ANSI string -->AUX0<--
# (ACT Y)
))
#
# Logical device id OPT9310
#
# Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration required.
# Note that only the first value of any range is given, this may be
changed if required
# Don't forget to uncomment the activate (ACT Y) when happy
(CONFIGURE OPT0931/-1 (LD 1
# ANSI string -->OPTi Audio 16<--
# Multiple choice time, choose one only !
# Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0534
# Maximum IO base address 0x0608
# IO base alignment 4 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 4
# (IO 0 (BASE 0x0534))
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0380
# Maximum IO base address 0x03f0
# IO base alignment 16 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 12
# (IO 1 (BASE 0x0380))
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0220
# Maximum IO base address 0x0240
# IO base alignment 32 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 16
# (IO 2 (BASE 0x0220))
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0e0c
# Maximum IO base address 0x0ffc
# IO base alignment 4 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 4
# (IO 3 (BASE 0x0e0c))
# IRQ 5, 7 or 10.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
# First DMA channel 0, 1 or 3.
# 8 bit DMA only
# Logical device is not a bus master
# DMA may execute in count by byte mode
# DMA may not execute in count by word mode
# DMA channel speed type F
# (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 0))
# Next DMA channel 0, 1 or 3.
# 8 bit DMA only
# Logical device is not a bus master
# DMA may execute in count by byte mode
# DMA may not execute in count by word mode
# DMA channel speed type F
# (DMA 1 (CHANNEL 0))
# Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0534
# Maximum IO base address 0x0ff0
# IO base alignment 4 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 4
# (IO 0 (BASE 0x0534))
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0380
# Maximum IO base address 0x03f0
# IO base alignment 16 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 12
# (IO 1 (BASE 0x0380))
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0220
# Maximum IO base address 0x0240
# IO base alignment 32 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 16
# (IO 2 (BASE 0x0220))
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0e0c
# Maximum IO base address 0x0ffc
# IO base alignment 4 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 4
# (IO 3 (BASE 0x0e0c))
# IRQ 5, 7, 9, 10 or 11.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
# First DMA channel 0, 1 or 3.
# 8 bit DMA only
# Logical device is not a bus master
# DMA may execute in count by byte mode
# DMA may not execute in count by word mode
# DMA channel speed type F
# (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 0))
# Next DMA channel 0, 1 or 3.
# 8 bit DMA only
# Logical device is not a bus master
# DMA may execute in count by byte mode
# DMA may not execute in count by word mode
# DMA channel speed type F
# (DMA 1 (CHANNEL 0))
# Start dependent functions: priority acceptable
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0534
# Maximum IO base address 0x0ff0
# IO base alignment 4 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 4
# (IO 0 (BASE 0x0534))
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0380
# Maximum IO base address 0x03f0
# IO base alignment 16 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 12
# (IO 1 (BASE 0x0380))
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0220
# Maximum IO base address 0x0240
# IO base alignment 32 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 16
# (IO 2 (BASE 0x0220))
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0e0c
# Maximum IO base address 0x0ffc
# IO base alignment 4 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 4
# (IO 3 (BASE 0x0e0c))
# IRQ 5, 7, 9, 10 or 11.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
# First DMA channel 0, 1 or 3.
# 8 bit DMA only
# Logical device is not a bus master
# DMA may execute in count by byte mode
# DMA may not execute in count by word mode
# DMA channel speed type F
# (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 0))
# End dependent functions
# (ACT Y)
))
#
# Logical device id OPT0001
#
# Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration required.
# Note that only the first value of any range is given, this may be
changed if required
# Don't forget to uncomment the activate (ACT Y) when happy
(CONFIGURE OPT0931/-1 (LD 2
# ANSI string -->Game Port<--
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0200
# Maximum IO base address 0x020f
# IO base alignment 1 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 1
# (IO 0 (BASE 0x0200))
# (ACT Y)
))
#
# Logical device id OPT0002
#
# Edit the entries below to uncomment out the configuration required.
# Note that only the first value of any range is given, this may be
changed if required
# Don't forget to uncomment the activate (ACT Y) when happy
(CONFIGURE OPT0931/-1 (LD 3
# ANSI string -->MPU401<--
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
# Minimum IO base address 0x0300
# Maximum IO base address 0x0360
# IO base alignment 16 bytes
# Number of IO addresses required: 2
# (IO 0 (BASE 0x0300))
# IRQ 5, 7, 9, 10 or 11.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
# (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
# (ACT Y)
))
# End tag... Checksum 0x00 (OK)
# Returns all cards to the "Wait for Key" state
(WAITFORKEY)
I did look at isapnp.conf but that made me even more confused.
I am using RedHat 5.0 and kernel 2.0.32.
Sorry for the length of the post but I did'nt know what to cut out. As
it is I'm not sure I have given all the info needed.
Thanks
Ishaaq Chandy
