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- This file contains notes for users of PSS sound cards who wish to use the
- newly added features of the newest version of this driver.
- The major enhancements present in this new revision of this driver is the
- addition of two new module parameters that allow you to take full advantage of
- all the features present on your PSS sound card. These features include the
- ability to enable both the builtin CDROM and joystick ports.
- pss_enable_joystick
- This parameter is basically a flag. A 0 will leave the joystick port
- disabled, while a non-zero value would enable the joystick port. The default
- setting is pss_enable_joystick=0 as this keeps this driver fully compatible
- with systems that were using previous versions of this driver. If you wish to
- enable the joystick port you will have to add pss_enable_joystick=1 as an
- argument to the driver. To actually use the joystick port you will then have
- to load the joystick driver itself. Just remember to load the joystick driver
- AFTER the pss sound driver.
- pss_cdrom_port
- This parameter takes a port address as its parameter. Any available port
- address can be specified to enable the CDROM port, except for 0x0 and -1 as
- these values would leave the port disabled. Like the joystick port, the cdrom
- port will require that an appropriate CDROM driver be loaded before you can make
- use of the newly enabled CDROM port. Like the joystick port option above,
- remember to load the CDROM driver AFTER the pss sound driver. While it may
- differ on some PSS sound cards, all the PSS sound cards that I have seen have a
- builtin Wearnes CDROM port. If this is the case with your PSS sound card you
- should load aztcd with the appropriate port option that matches the port you
- assigned to the CDROM port when you loaded your pss sound driver. (ex.
- modprobe pss pss_cdrom_port=0x340 && modprobe aztcd aztcd=0x340) The default
- setting of this parameter leaves the CDROM port disabled to maintain full
- compatibility with systems using previous versions of this driver.
- Other options have also been added for the added convenience and utility
- of the user. These options are only available if this driver is loaded as a
- module.
- pss_no_sound
- This module parameter is a flag that can be used to tell the driver to
- just configure non-sound components. 0 configures all components, a non-0
- value will only attempt to configure the CDROM and joystick ports. This
- parameter can be used by a user who only wished to use the builtin joystick
- and/or CDROM port(s) of his PSS sound card. If this driver is loaded with this
- parameter and with the parameter below set to true then a user can safely unload
- this driver with the following command "rmmod pss && rmmod ad1848 && rmmod
- mpu401 && rmmod sound && rmmod soundcore" and retain the full functionality of
- his CDROM and/or joystick port(s) while gaining back the memory previously used
- by the sound drivers. This default setting of this parameter is 0 to retain
- full behavioral compatibility with previous versions of this driver.
- pss_keep_settings
- This parameter can be used to specify whether you want the driver to reset
- all emulations whenever its unloaded. This can be useful for those who are
- sharing resources (io ports, IRQ's, DMA's) between different ISA cards. This
- flag can also be useful in that future versions of this driver may reset all
- emulations by default on the driver's unloading (as it probably should), so
- specifying it now will ensure that all future versions of this driver will
- continue to work as expected. The default value of this parameter is 1 to
- retain full behavioral compatibility with previous versions of this driver.
- /*(DEBLOBBED)*/
- Examples:
- # Normal PSS sound card system, loading of drivers.
- # Should be specified in an rc file (ex. Slackware uses /etc/rc.d/rc.modules).
- /sbin/modprobe pss pss_io=0x220 mpu_io=0x338 mpu_irq=9 mss_io=0x530 mss_irq=10 mss_dma=1 pss_cdrom_port=0x340 pss_enable_joystick=1
- /sbin/modprobe aztcd aztcd=0x340
- /sbin/modprobe joystick
- # System using the PSS sound card just for its CDROM and joystick ports.
- # Should be specified in an rc file (ex. Slackware uses /etc/rc.d/rc.modules).
- /sbin/modprobe pss pss_io=0x220 pss_cdrom_port=0x340 pss_enable_joystick=1 pss_no_sound=1
- /sbin/rmmod pss && /sbin/rmmod ad1848 && /sbin/rmmod mpu401 && /sbin/rmmod sound && /sbin/rmmod soundcore # This line not needed, but saves memory.
- /sbin/modprobe aztcd aztcd=0x340
- /sbin/modprobe joystick
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