On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, XRDLAB wrote:
> >Didn't you read the documentation? There is no SB 16 compatible card on the > >market. .......... > > > Yes, I read the documentation and it said that some cards might work. > That is why I mentioned that the card "claims" to be compatible. The compatibility most cards claim is not a strict hardware compatibility, but a software API compatibility of the Windows(TM) driver that comes with the card, meaning that applications that expect a SB16 type of driver will find a driver similar enough. That's what drivers do: they hide complicated lowlevel information from applications, providing only the Application Program Interface instead. (Unfortunately, marketing people hide this complicated lowlevel information from comsumers and instead provide only a Consumer Sales Interface: "SB16 compatible.") The Linux kernel however implements such a driver and API itself and looks directly at the hardware and sees something quite different from a SB16. > I am sorry that I cannot give you more info. The cards manual does not > tell anything much. If it helps I can post the details of the IC's on > the card. You could note the numbers and text on the IC's and do: cd /usr/src/linux (or wherever you keep the kernel source) grep "text fragment" `find drivers/sound -type f` Then, when it finds something, look at that file and maybe it'll tell you more. I'm sorry, but this is all I can help you with. Cheers, Joost
