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diff --git a/Documentation/sound/oss/INSTALL.awe b/Documentation/sound/oss/INSTALL.awe new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..310f42ca1e83 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/sound/oss/INSTALL.awe @@ -0,0 +1,134 @@ +================================================================ + INSTALLATION OF AWE32 SOUND DRIVER FOR LINUX + Takashi Iwai <iwai@ww.uni-erlangen.de> +================================================================ + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +* Attention to SB-PnP Card Users + +If you're using PnP cards, the initialization of PnP is required +before loading this driver. You have now three options: + 1. Use isapnptools. + 2. Use in-kernel isapnp support. + 3. Initialize PnP on DOS/Windows, then boot linux by loadlin. +In this document, only the case 1 case is treated. + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +* Installation on Red Hat 5.0 Sound Driver + +Please use install-rh.sh under RedHat5.0 directory. +DO NOT USE install.sh below. +See INSTALL.RH for more details. + +---------------------------------------------------------------- +* Installation/Update by Shell Script + + 1. Become root + + % su + + 2. If you have never configured the kernel tree yet, run make config + once (to make dependencies and symlinks). + + # cd /usr/src/linux + # make xconfig + + 3. Run install.sh script + + # sh ./install.sh + + 4. Configure your kernel + + (for Linux 2.[01].x user) + # cd /usr/src/linux + # make xconfig (or make menuconfig) + + (for Linux 1.2.x user) + # cd /usr/src/linux + # make config + + Answer YES to both "lowlevel drivers" and "AWE32 wave synth" items + in Sound menu. ("lowlevel drivers" will appear only in 2.x + kernel.) + + 5. Make your kernel (and modules), and install them as usual. + + 5a. make kernel image + # make zImage + + 5b. make modules and install them + # make modules && make modules_install + + 5c. If you're using lilo, copy the kernel image and run lilo. + Otherwise, copy the kernel image to suitable directory or + media for your system. + + 6. Reboot the kernel if necessary. + - If you updated only the modules, you don't have to reboot + the system. Just remove the old sound modules here. + in + # rmmod sound.o (linux-2.0 or OSS/Free) + # rmmod awe_wave.o (linux-2.1) + + 7. If your AWE card is a PnP and not initialized yet, you'll have to + do it by isapnp tools. Otherwise, skip to 8. + + This section described only a brief explanation. For more + details, please see the AWE64-Mini-HOWTO or isapnp tools FAQ. + + 7a. If you have no isapnp.conf file, generate it by pnpdump. + Otherwise, skip to 7d. + # pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf + + 7b. Edit isapnp.conf file. Comment out the appropriate + lines containing desirable I/O ports, DMA and IRQs. + Don't forget to enable (ACT Y) line. + + 7c. Add two i/o ports (0xA20 and 0xE20) in WaveTable part. + ex) + (CONFIGURE CTL0048/58128 (LD 2 + # ANSI string -->WaveTable<-- + (IO 0 (BASE 0x0620)) + (IO 1 (BASE 0x0A20)) + (IO 2 (BASE 0x0E20)) + (ACT Y) + )) + + 7d. Load the config file. + CAUTION: This will reset all PnP cards! + + # isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf + + 8. Load the sound module (if you configured it as a module): + + for 2.0 kernel or OSS/Free monolithic module: + + # modprobe sound.o + + for 2.1 kernel: + + # modprobe sound + # insmod uart401 + # insmod sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330 + (These values depend on your settings.) + # insmod awe_wave + (Be sure to load awe_wave after sb!) + + See Documentation/sound/oss/AWE32 for + more details. + + 9. (only for obsolete systems) If you don't have /dev/sequencer + device file, make it according to Readme.linux file on + /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound. (Run a shell script included in + that file). <-- This file no longer exists in the recent kernels! + + 10. OK, load your own soundfont file, and enjoy MIDI! + + % sfxload synthgm.sbk + % drvmidi foo.mid + + 11. For more advanced use (eg. dynamic loading, virtual bank and + etc.), please read the awedrv FAQ or the instructions in awesfx + and awemidi packages. + +Good luck! |