On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:43:04 +0800
"Rommell Barcela" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I've upgraded my 560z's BIOS. Now,  I can't seem to make the
> audio device and the serial port work using Linux or FreeBSD
> (it works with w2k, and works fine with non-win OS before).
> The device is a SB16 compatible. RedHat 7.3 cannot detect the
> hw while FreeBSD's says "cannot allocate resources". I've tried
> compiling the fbsd kernel many times with diff configs
> (pnp, non-pnp, snd, pcm) but to no avail, still the same err msg.
> 
> If there is no way to make the device work in Linux using the latest
> BIOS, then is it safe to downgrade it? btw, I'm aware of the features
> that will be removed together with the new bios.
> 
> -rpb

Hi Rommell, 

Have you read the LINT kernel config of FreeBSD? Have you tried looking
the irq/ioports allocations used by devices of your box? Maybe there's a
changes after upgrading your bios.

regards,  


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