ICH4 Sound Support?

[Drew Tomlinson]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Orion Hodson" <orion at freebsd.org>
To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew at mykitchentable.net>
Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: ICH4 Sound Support?


> /-- "Drew Tomlinson" wrote:
> | >
> | > % fetch -o feeder_rate.c
> |
'http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/feed
> | er_rate.c?rev=1.9&content-type=text/plain'
> | > % cp feeder_rate.c ${SRC}/sys/dev/sound/pcm/
> | >
> | > If this doesn't work or you can't make it compile, let me know.
> |
> | I tried this and was successful in getting it to compile but my sound
> | quality is still poor.  I was thinking of trying again after getting all
the
> | latest pcm sources.  How can I do that using your example or is there a
> | better way?  I tried going to ftp.freebsd.org to see if I could find
them
> | but did not have any luck.
>
> The handbook does a better job of explaining this that I would :-)
>
>
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html
>
> You might also want to look at the developers handbook:
>
>
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/index.h
tm
> l
>
> Personally, I use 2 machines: a "stable" desktop and a diskless
development
> machine to run kernels and debug kernels on.  I wouldnt recommend this
when
> you are just starting out, but if you ever decide you want to do kernel
work I
> can highly recommend it.  More info along these lines in the developers
> handbook in the kernel debugging section.
>
> | Thank you again for your help.  Even if I don't resolve my problem I am
> | still learning a lot.
>
> Okay, there's a reasonable possibility my initial suspicion is just wrong
and
> there's a chance the new file did not make it into the installed
kernel/kernel
> modules.  If you could gather some additional information whilst an
> "offending" application is running, it would be very helpful.  Could you
set
> the sysctl variable "hw.snd.verbose" to be "3" (== maximum  verbosity).
Run
> the application that is generating the noise and whilst it's running, run
'cat
> /dev/sndstat > sndstat.log'.  The generated log file should have enough
info
> to have a better idea about the problem.

OK, here's the output:

farmer> cat /dev/sndstat
FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm)
Installed devices:
pcm0: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4)> at io 0xc800, 0xcc40 irq 11 bufsz 16384
(1p/1r/0v channels duplex default)
        [pcm0:play:0]: spd 44100, fmt 0x10000010, flags 00000000
        interrupts 0, underruns 0, ready 0
        {userland} -> feeder_root(0x10000010) -> {hardware}
        [pcm0:record:0]: spd 0, fmt 0x00000000/0x00000008, flags 00000000
        interrupts 0, overruns 0, hfree 16384, sfree 0
        {hardware} -> feeder_root(0x00000000) -> {userland}

File Versions:
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/fake.c,v 1.10 2001/08/23 11:30:52 cg Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/dsp.c,v 1.57 2002/08/28 15:19:30 orion Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/channel.c,v 1.85 2002/11/25 17:17:42 cg Exp
$
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/buffer.c,v 1.13 2002/11/25 17:17:41 cg Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/ac97.c,v 1.28 2002/11/26 18:16:26 cg Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pci/vibes.c,v 1.11 2001/10/24 21:44:07 jhb Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pci/via82c686.c,v 1.19 2002/08/17 16:13:29 orion
Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pci/via8233.c,v 1.2 2002/08/18 00:29:08 orion
Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pci/t4dwave.c,v 1.35 2002/11/26 18:16:26 cg Exp
$
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pci/solo.c,v 1.24 2002/08/25 02:00:49 orion Exp
$
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pci/neomagic.c,v 1.27 2002/03/04 00:36:04 orion
Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pci/maestro.c,v 1.17 2002/11/26 18:16:26 cg Exp
$
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pci/ich.c,v 1.24 2002/08/19 16:03:56 orion Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pci/fm801.c,v 1.15 2002/09/03 08:58:15 sobomax
Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pci/es137x.c,v 1.42 2002/04/28 22:38:23 cg Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pci/emu10k1.c,v 1.28 2002/11/26 18:16:26 cg Exp
$
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pci/ds1.c,v 1.28 2002/11/26 18:16:26 cg Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pci/csapcm.c,v 1.23 2001/08/23 11:30:51 cg Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pci/csa.c,v 1.24 2002/07/24 21:27:22 ambrisko
Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pci/cs4281.c,v 1.12 2002/08/23 06:19:28 orion
Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pci/cmi.c,v 1.18 2002/11/26 18:16:26 cg Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pci/als4000.c,v 1.8 2001/10/24 21:42:06 jhb Exp
$
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/isa/sbc.c,v 1.36 2002/11/26 18:16:25 cg Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/isa/sb8.c,v 1.69 2002/01/25 04:14:05 scottl Exp
$
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/isa/sb16.c,v 1.76 2002/07/30 16:24:00 sobomax
Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/isa/mss.c,v 1.79 2002/11/26 18:16:25 cg Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/isa/gusc.c,v 1.12 2001/08/23 11:30:50 cg Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/isa/ess.c,v 1.23 2002/01/25 04:14:05 scottl Exp
$
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/isa/es1888.c,v 1.9 2001/08/23 11:30:50 cg Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/isa/ad1816.c,v 1.25 2002/11/26 18:16:25 cg Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/vchan.c,v 1.9 2002/11/25 17:17:43 cg Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/sound.c,v 1.80 2002/11/26 18:16:27 cg Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/sndstat.c,v 1.10 2002/11/25 17:17:42 cg Exp
$
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/mixer.c,v 1.28 2002/11/26 18:16:27 cg Exp $
$FreeBSD: /repoman/r/ncvs/src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/feeder_rate.c,v 1.9
2003/03/05 14:48:28 orion Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/feeder_fmt.c,v 1.8 2002/11/25 17:17:42 cg
Exp $
$FreeBSD: src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/feeder.c,v 1.24 2002/11/25 17:17:42 cg Exp $

Thanks again!!!

Drew