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From: Lewis Chen <chenl@lasorda.princeton.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Sound card support question...
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 19:43:23 -0500
Organization: Princeton University
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James Raynard wrote:
> >Does FreeBSD 2.1 support the SoundBlaster AWE32 value edition
> >sound card?  I checked the FAQ at www.freebsd.org and it lists
> >"Sound Blaster".  Does this include the AWE32 also?  Thanks.
> 
> Yes, I have one of these and can confirm it works. Here are the relevant
> bits of my kernel config file:-
> 
> # Controls all sound devices
> controller      snd0
> device sb0      at isa? port 0x220 irq 5 conflicts drq 1 vector sbintr
> device sbxvi0   at isa? drq 5
> device sbmidi0  at isa? port 0x330
> 
> James
I have the same card and I used the above configuration. Everything
works fine, except that the kernel wouldn't recognize the midi
device. Does anybody have any idea why this happened? The midi works
fine when I boot up in window 95, so there is nothing wrong with the
card.