Hello: I had a great multimedia experience with FreeBSD (much better than I expected). I have read the Handbook and FAQ, and successfully configured my two sound cards and NVIDIA video card. I enjoyed audio and video playback, and OpenGL games (gl-117, quake3, etc.). However I would like to do a final tuning. I have some questions:
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) pcm device numbering I have two sound cards connected to my machine: an integrated SiS 7012 (C-Media Electronics CMI9739 AC97 Codec), managed by the kernel module "snd_ich" and a PCI Genius Sound Maker Value 5.1 (CMedia CMI8738), managed by the kernel module "snd_cmi". I want to use my second sound card (Genius) as the default (pcm0, dsp0, dspr0, mixer0, etc.). If I load the kernel modules manually (with kldload) I obtain the desired results. But if I load them at boot time (with *_load="YES" entries in /boot/loader.conf) the SiS card is detected first and used as the first output device (pcm0). I think that an rc.d script to do that will be very unprolix. Is there a way to specify the pcm device numbering manually (maybe with device.hints)? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) MIDI support (sequencer and synthetizer) I saw that my Genius card shows a mixer entry called "synth" (I suppose it is the input device to record MIDI, if not, please inform me), but it has not a "/dev/sequencer" device. In my second machine I have a Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 (emu10k1) and it also has not a sequencer device (and it has not a mixer entry called "synth"). I have read in the page of the "emu10kx" driver (http://chibis.persons.gfk.ru/audigy/) the following: "WARNING: -CURRENT since 2004/05/31 23:22:59 PDT does not have MIDI subsystem! NEWMIDI was removed without replacement." Will be a MIDI sequencer (and synthetizer for SB Live!) in FreeBSD? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit Will be support for this sound cards (24-bit)? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I have included the output of the following commands: 1) uname -a FreeBSD ale.varnet.bsd 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #10: Sat Nov 27 16:20:29 ART 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/ATHLON i386 2) cat /dev/sndstat FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Installed devices: pcm0: <CMedia CMI8738> at io 0xc800 irq 17 kld snd_cmi (1p/1r/4v channels duplex default) pcm1: <SiS 7012> at io 0xdc00, 0xd800 irq 18 bufsz 16384 kld snd_ich (1p/1r/1v channels duplex) 3) kldload snd_cmi (log messages) pcm0: <CMedia CMI8738> at io 0xc800 irq 17 kld snd_cmi (1p/1r/1v channels duplex default) 4) kldload snd_ich (log messages) pcm1: <SiS 7012> port 0xd800-0xd87f,0xdc00-0xdcff irq 18 at device 2.7 on pci0 pcm1: [GIANT-LOCKED] pcm1: <C-Media Electronics CMI9739 AC97 Codec> 5) mixer -f /dev/mixer0 Mixer vol is currently set to 75:75 Mixer bass is currently set to 50:50 Mixer treble is currently set to 50:50 Mixer synth is currently set to 75:75 Mixer pcm is currently set to 75:75 Mixer speaker is currently set to 75:75 Mixer line is currently set to 75:75 Mixer mic is currently set to 0:0 Mixer cd is currently set to 75:75 Mixer igain is currently set to 0:0 Mixer ogain is currently set to 50:50 Mixer monitor is currently set to 75:75 Recording source: mic 6) mixer -f /dev/mixer1 Mixer vol is currently set to 75:75 Mixer pcm is currently set to 75:75 Mixer speaker is currently set to 75:75 Mixer line is currently set to 75:75 Mixer mic is currently set to 0:0 Mixer cd is currently set to 75:75 Mixer rec is currently set to 0:0 Mixer ogain is currently set to 50:50 Mixer line1 is currently set to 75:75 Mixer phin is currently set to 0:0 Mixer phout is currently set to 0:0 Mixer video is currently set to 75:75 Recording source: mic 7) pciconf -v -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x07411849 chip=0x07411039 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)' device = 'SiS741 CPU to PCI Bridge' class = bridge subclass = HOST-PCI [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x00031039 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01 vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)' device = 'SiS648FX Virtual PCI to PCI Bridge (AGP)' class = bridge subclass = PCI-PCI [EMAIL PROTECTED]:2:0: class=0x060100 card=0x00000000 chip=0x00081039 rev=0x25 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)' device = 'SiS PCI to ISA Bridge (LPC Bridge)' class = bridge subclass = PCI-ISA [EMAIL PROTECTED]:2:5: class=0x010180 card=0x55131849 chip=0x55131039 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)' device = 'SiS5513 EIDE Controller (A,B step)' class = mass storage subclass = ATA [EMAIL PROTECTED]:2:6: class=0x070300 card=0x97391849 chip=0x70131039 rev=0xa0 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)' device = 'SiS7013 HSP56 MR, PCtel Serial Wave Device (Modem Riser)' class = simple comms [EMAIL PROTECTED]:2:7: class=0x040100 card=0x70121849 chip=0x70121039 rev=0xa0 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)' device = 'SiS7012 PCI Audio Accelerator' class = multimedia subclass = audio [EMAIL PROTECTED]:3:0: class=0x0c0310 card=0x70011849 chip=0x70011039 rev=0x0f hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)' device = 'SiS5597/8 Universal Serial Bus Controller' class = serial bus subclass = USB [EMAIL PROTECTED]:3:1: class=0x0c0310 card=0x70011849 chip=0x70011039 rev=0x0f hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)' device = 'SiS5597/8 Universal Serial Bus Controller' class = serial bus subclass = USB [EMAIL PROTECTED]:3:2: class=0x0c0320 card=0x70021849 chip=0x70021039 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)' device = 'SiS7002 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller' class = serial bus subclass = USB [EMAIL PROTECTED]:4:0: class=0x020000 card=0x09001849 chip=0x09001039 rev=0x90 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)' device = 'SiS900 Fast Ethernet/Home Networking Ctrlr' class = network subclass = ethernet [EMAIL PROTECTED]:9:0: class=0x040100 card=0x011113f6 chip=0x011113f6 rev=0x10 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'C-Media Electronics Inc.' device = 'CMI8738/PCI C3DX PCI Audio Chip中国' class = multimedia subclass = audio [EMAIL PROTECTED]:10:0: class=0x020000 card=0x0027a0a0 chip=0x813910ec rev=0x10 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' device = 'RT8139 (A/B/C/810x/813x/C+) Fast Ethernet Adapter' class = network subclass = ethernet [EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x018110de rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation' device = 'GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP 8X [NV18.2]' class = display subclass = VGA 8) pcitweak -l PCI: Probing config type using method 1 PCI: Config type is 1 PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1039,0741 card 1849,0741 rev 03 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1039,0003 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01 PCI: 00:02:0: chip 1039,0008 card 0000,0000 rev 25 class 06,01,00 hdr 80 PCI: 00:02:5: chip 1039,5513 card 1849,5513 rev 00 class 01,01,8a hdr 00 PCI: 00:02:6: chip 1039,7013 card 1849,9739 rev a0 class 07,03,00 hdr 00 PCI: 00:02:7: chip 1039,7012 card 1849,7012 rev a0 class 04,01,00 hdr 00 PCI: 00:03:0: chip 1039,7001 card 1849,7001 rev 0f class 0c,03,10 hdr 80 PCI: 00:03:1: chip 1039,7001 card 1849,7001 rev 0f class 0c,03,10 hdr 00 PCI: 00:03:2: chip 1039,7002 card 1849,7002 rev 00 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00 PCI: 00:04:0: chip 1039,0900 card 1849,0900 rev 90 class 02,00,00 hdr 00 PCI: 00:09:0: chip 13f6,0111 card 13f6,0111 rev 10 class 04,01,00 hdr 00 PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 10ec,8139 card a0a0,0027 rev 10 class 02,00,00 hdr 00 PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0181 card 0000,0000 rev a2 class 03,00,00 hdr 00 PCI: 44:1f:0: chip ffff,ffff card ffff,ffff rev ff class ff,ff,ff hdr 00 PCI: End of PCI scan 9) cat /boot/loader.conf # /boot/loader.conf # Linux Binary Compatibility linux_load="YES" # Linux Proc Filesystem linprocfs_load="YES" # NTFS Filesystem ntfs_load="YES" # NVIDIA Official Video Driver nvidia_load="YES" # CMI8738 sound_load="YES" snd_cmi_load="YES" 10) dmesg Copyright (c) 1992-2004 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #10: Sat Nov 27 16:20:29 ART 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/ATHLON ACPI APIC Table: <AMIINT SiS740XX> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ (2019.94-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x681 Stepping = 1 Features=0x383fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP, MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE> AMD Features=0xc0400000<AMIE,DSP,3DNow!> real memory = 536805376 (511 MB) avail memory = 511430656 (487 MB) ioapic0 <Version 1.1> irqs 0-23 on motherboard npx0: [FAST] npx0: <math processor> on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface acpi0: <AMIINT SiS740XX> on motherboard acpi0: Power Button (fixed) Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0 cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0 pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0 pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1 nvidia0: <GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X> mem 0xc8000000-0xcbffffff, 0xce000000-0xceffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 nvidia0: [GIANT-LOCKED] isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 2.0 on pci0 isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 atapci0: <SiS 962/963 UDMA133 controller> port 0xff00-0xff0f,0x376, 0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 2.5 on pci0 ata0: channel #0 on atapci0 ata1: channel #1 on atapci0 pci0: <simple comms> at device 2.6 (no driver attached) pci0: <multimedia, audio> at device 2.7 (no driver attached) ohci0: <SiS 5571 USB controller> mem 0xcfffd000-0xcfffdfff irq 20 at device 3.0 on pci0 ohci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support usb0: <SiS 5571 USB controller> on ohci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: SiS OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered ohci1: <SiS 5571 USB controller> mem 0xcfffe000-0xcfffefff irq 21 at device 3.1 on pci0 ohci1: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb1: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support usb1: <SiS 5571 USB controller> on ohci1 usb1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1: SiS OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered pci0: <serial bus, USB> at device 3.2 (no driver attached) sis0: <SiS 900 10/100BaseTX> port 0xcc00-0xccff mem 0xcfffc000-0xcfffcfff irq 19 at device 4.0 on pci0 miibus0: <MII bus> on sis0 rlphy0: <RTL8201L 10/100 media interface> on miibus0 rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto sis0: Ethernet address: 00:0b:6a:44:14:4c pcm0: <CMedia CMI8738> port 0xc800-0xc8ff irq 17 at device 9.0 on pci0 rl0: <RealTek 8139 10/100BaseTX> port 0xc400-0xc4ff mem 0xcfffbf00-0xcfffbfff irq 18 at device 10.0 on pci0 miibus1: <MII bus> on rl0 rlphy1: <RealTek internal media interface> on miibus1 rlphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto rl0: Ethernet address: 00:40:f4:1e:db:61 fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f7,0x3f4-0x3f5,0x3f2-0x3f3 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 fdc0: [FAST] fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0 sio0: type 16550A atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0 atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0 atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0 psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3 pmtimer0 on isa0 orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcefff on isa0 sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio1: port may not be enabled vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 Timecounter "TSC" frequency 2019940220 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec ad0: 38146MB <ST340014A/3.16> [77504/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100 acd0: CDRW <HL-DT-ST GCE-8523B/1.01> at ata0-slave UDMA33 ad2: 39205MB <Maxtor 6E040L0/NAR61590> [79656/16/63] at ata1-master UDMA133 cd0 at ata0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0 cd0: <HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8523B 1.01> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device cd0: 33.000MB/s transfers cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray closed Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad2s4a ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Did I miss some articles/forums/documents related to this? Should I post this kind of questions to the mailing lists instead of contacting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks and Best Regards Alejandro Pulver Buenos Aires, Argentina ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
