[CentOS] ISA sound cards and stuff
Johnny Hughes
mailing-lists at hughesjr.com
Wed Oct 25 18:08:12 UTC 2006
On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 00:22 -0500, Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote:
> I've created kernel-isa and kernel-isasmp packages (currently i586,
> there'll be i686 version soon too). Basically, it is centosplus kernel
> with ISA Plug and Play, ISA and PCMCIA sound cards and ISA network cards
> enabled. The change to kernel spec file to add these two packages was
> fairly simple, and I hope this might find the way into centosplus
> kernel. If maintainer(s) of centosplus kernel are interested, I can
> email the patch for the spec file and four additional kernel config files.
>
> I've tested it on my old laptop that has built-in ISA sound card (ESS
> ES1878). Kudzu and automatic sound card detection didn't work, however
> after I manually added entries to /etc/modprobe.conf, it all worked
> nicely. I had to manually specify io, irq, and dma settings in the
> options line, and I guess the same may be true for most ISA hardware.
>
> I don't really have anything Plug and Play to test, and no ISA network
> cards anymore. Anyhow, if anybody does have, it would be nice if (s)he
> could test if all works OK. The Plug and Play is in kernel, no userland
> tools should be needed (hopefully).
>
> The only sound card missing is Wavefront. The source code for device
> driver needs some updating (there seem to be a patch floating around
> somewhere though, haven't tested it yet). The way it is now, it
> produces unresolved symbols if compiled.
>
> I see these packages mostly useful for folks with older laptops (ISA
> based sound cards, buying cheap PCI card is no option on laptops). Also
> for folks with older motherboards that have run out of PCI slots, but
> still have a few free ISA slots.
>
> The packages are signed with my PGP key (same as the one used for this
> email, you can grab it from most PGP key servers). Key fingerprint is
> 46FE 7D24 2D50 566A FBF3 7395 4AE4 9AE0 D660 AA3F or something like that.
>
> The URL is http://www.milivojevic.org/linux/rpm/el4/i386/
I would be glad to take the patch and roll it into the next centosplus
kernel.
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