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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001modprobe sound
2insmod uart401
3insmod sb ...
4
5This loads the driver for the Sound Blaster and assorted clones. Cards that
6are covered by other drivers should not be using this driver.
7
8The Sound Blaster module takes the following arguments
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10io I/O address of the Sound Blaster chip (0x220,0x240,0x260,0x280)
11irq IRQ of the Sound Blaster chip (5,7,9,10)
12dma 8-bit DMA channel for the Sound Blaster (0,1,3)
13dma16 16-bit DMA channel for SB16 and equivalent cards (5,6,7)
14mpu_io I/O for MPU chip if present (0x300,0x330)
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16sm_games=1 Set if you have a Logitech soundman games
17acer=1 Set this to detect cards in some ACER notebooks
18mwave_bug=1 Set if you are trying to use this driver with mwave (see on)
19type Use this to specify a specific card type
20
21The following arguments are taken if ISAPnP support is compiled in
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23isapnp=0 Set this to disable ISAPnP detection (use io=0xXXX etc. above)
24multiple=0 Set to disable detection of multiple Soundblaster cards.
25 Consider it a bug if this option is needed, and send in a
26 report.
27pnplegacy=1 Set this to be able to use a PnP card(s) along with a single
28 non-PnP (legacy) card. Above options for io, irq, etc. are
29 needed, and will apply only to the legacy card.
30reverse=1 Reverses the order of the search in the PnP table.
31uart401=1 Set to enable detection of mpu devices on some clones.
32isapnpjump=n Jumps to slot n in the driver's PnP table. Use the source,
33 Luke.
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35You may well want to load the opl3 driver for synth music on most SB and
36clone SB devices
37
38insmod opl3 io=0x388
39
40Using Mwave
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42To make this driver work with Mwave you must set mwave_bug. You also need
43to warm boot from DOS/Windows with the required firmware loaded under this
44OS. IBM are being difficult about documenting how to load this firmware.
45
46Avance Logic ALS007
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48This card is supported; see the separate file ALS007 for full details.
49
50Avance Logic ALS100
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52This card is supported; setup should be as for a standard Sound Blaster 16.
53The driver will identify the audio device as a "Sound Blaster 16 (ALS-100)".