Multiple sbs with module

Multiple sbs with module

[Jonathan Masters]

Hi,
    I currently have an SB 64 AWE GOLD PNP set up using the "sb" module
(and it's friends....) with settings IRQ 5. DMA 1 and 5, standard stuff.

    I have a lower spec'd SB 16 (vibra) PNP value card (which *does*
work with Linux as it used to be my main card). I have the two using
resources correctly and have resolved all conflicts. The trouble is, I
must use modules due to the pnp situation with the cards (bios is less
than 6months old (AMI), but it still doesn't get it right if left to
itself) so I have been running isapnp during boot and then adding the sb
driver. However, I now wish to have *2* sb's with the same module. This
would be trivially easy with the code in the kernel (simply setting
SB2_BASE et al), but I must have it in the module. Can this be achieved?
If not, can anyone suggest/provide a patch which will do this/tell me to
upgrade kernel to 2.3.xx etc... I have 2.2.11. Thanx guys. I can't see
this as being impossible it's just that the docs don't mention two cards
with a module.

Jon.

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Re: Multiple sbs with module

[Dave Mielke]

On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Jonathan Masters wrote:
>I now wish to have *2* sb's with the same module. This
>would be trivially easy with the code in the kernel (simply setting
>SB2_BASE et al), but I must have it in the module. Can this be achieved?

I don't have two sound cards, so I can't test it, but you should be able to do
something like this (in conf.modules):

    options sb irq=5,6 io=0x100,0x200 dma=1,2

In other words, for each option, give a comma-delimited list of values. The
first value in each list is for the first card, the second for the second, etc.

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Re: Multiple sbs with module

[Jonathan Masters]

Nope. It doesn't work. Apparantly "io=" can only take one value, so that isn't the
solution. Someone else suggested ALSA, but I prefer to use the standard linux
sound drivers. OK, I'm not aksing for a flame war here about which is better, so
please don't start one on my account, however, I'd prefer it if someone had a oss
solution for me.

Thanx all.

Jon.

Dave Mielke wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Jonathan Masters wrote:
> >I now wish to have *2* sb's with the same module. This
> >would be trivially easy with the code in the kernel (simply setting
> >SB2_BASE et al), but I must have it in the module. Can this be achieved?
>
> I don't have two sound cards, so I can't test it, but you should be able to do
> something like this (in conf.modules):
>
>     options sb irq=5,6 io=0x100,0x200 dma=1,2
>
> In other words, for each option, give a comma-delimited list of values. The
> first value in each list is for the first card, the second for the second, etc.
>
> --
> Dave Mielke           | 856 Grenon Avenue | I believe that the Bible is the
> Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario   | Word of God. Please contact me
> EMail: dave@mielke.cc | Canada  K2B 6G3   | if you're concerned about Hell.

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and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it". -- Matthew 16, 17-18