[2470] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Pro Audio Spectrum
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Artur Kedzierski)
Tue Sep 16 12:10:22 1997
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 07:16:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Artur Kedzierski <artur@cs.ucr.edu>
To: Neon Spiral Injector <clubneon@safari.net>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-music@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <341C43C7.52E97F83@safari.net>
Thanks. That solved my problem.
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Artur Kedzierski, CS Major at University California, Riverside
Artur@cs.ucr.edu
On Sun, 14 Sep 1997, Neon Spiral Injector wrote:
> Grant Beattie wrote:
> >
> > Artur Kedzierski writes:
> >
> > > I have a Pro AudioSpectrum 16 rev 0 Sound card with a SCSI
> > > controller. The card uses the IRQ for SCSI adapter and sound and I am not
> > > sure how to fix it. The dmesg says the following:
> > >
> > > pas16: WARNING: Can't use same irq as sound driver -- interrupts disabled
> > > scsi0 : interrupts not enabled. for better interactive performance,
> > > scsi0 : please jumper the board for a free IRQ.
> > > scsi0 : at 0x0388 interrupts disabled options CAN_QUEUE=32 CMD_PER_LUN=2
> > > releas
> > > e=3 generic options AUTOPROBE_IRQ AUTOSENSE PSEUDO DMA UNSAFE generic
> > > release=7
> >
> > I had exactly the same problem, the only way I saw around it was to NOT load
> > the sound module (assuming you are using sound/scsi modules).
> >
> > If you load the pas16.o module without sound.o loaded, you should have no
> > problem.
> >
> > Mind you, in my case, the tape drive still didn't work properly, and I now
> > have it connected to a Sun Sparcstation running Linux, works perfectly :-)
> >
> > grant
>
> I saw this question when it was first posted before your reply and
> didn't answer cause it thought it would have been pretty much a FAQ.
> But based on lack of responce, and this pretty much incorrect responce I
> will step in.
>
> Basicly this error I consider a bug in the sound config defaults
> (Windows has this same problem with it's defaults). The PAS16 is hard
> wired to use IRQ10 for it's SCSI controler. So you can't do anything
> about that. But it's sound interupts are soft-configured, no jumpers at
> all. The only jumpers on the card are the base address (for multiple
> cards), and DMA channel sharing (don't touch, only for the oldest mostly
> incompatible 386s (I have a list if anyone really wants it)).
>
> O'kay now for the solution. It is quite simple, just rebuild your
> kernel (or modules). Do a `make config` and when you get to the sound
> card settings, specificly the PAS16 IRQ setting pick something other
> than the default, 10. My manual lists these defaults:
>
> ProAudio Spectrum 16
> Port: 338
> DMA: 3
> IRQ: 7
>
> Soundblaster Emulation:
> Port: 220
> DMA: 1
> IRQ: 5
>
> With those settings everything should work fine. (I still can't mount
> my CD-ROM drive for some reason, but it isn't an IRQ conflict. I
> believe it is my cheap drive.)
>
> If someone knows the author of the sound config, and would like to tell
> them to change the default IRQ away from 10 perhaps this problem can be
> avoided in the future.
>
> Chris Meadors
> Club Neon
>
