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author | scottl <scottl@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-10-15 04:23:38 +0000 |
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committer | scottl <scottl@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-10-15 04:23:38 +0000 |
commit | d0cf744bc2d38b50ee2fd8906dd9a51e21c82204 (patch) | |
tree | 9a477c220220e02ae6c223f8711474fc0fdd2404 | |
parent | c0f45873819acb6ffcf3ea8c2e8e42c79f3b05c2 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-d0cf744bc2d38b50ee2fd8906dd9a51e21c82204.zip FreeBSD-src-d0cf744bc2d38b50ee2fd8906dd9a51e21c82204.tar.gz |
Add a manual page for the Maestro3 sound driver. This documents it's
special nature under the GPL and a boot hint that can affect operation.
MFC after: 3 days
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/Makefile | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/maestro3.4 | 75 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/snd_maestro3.4 | 75 |
3 files changed, 151 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/Makefile b/share/man/man4/Makefile index 553bbff..fe2195a 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man4/Makefile @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ MAN= aac.4 \ lp.4 \ lpbb.4 \ lpt.4 \ + maestro3.4 \ md.4 \ mem.4 \ mlx.4 \ diff --git a/share/man/man4/maestro3.4 b/share/man/man4/maestro3.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f11b013 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/maestro3.4 @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Scott Long +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd October 14, 2001 +.Dt MAESTRO3 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm maestro3 +.Nd FreeBSD audio sub-driver for ESS Maestro3/Allegro-1 hardware +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Dl kldload snd_maestro3 +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for the ESS Maestro3 and Allegro-1 sound chips +under the PCM framework. +These chips are mostly found in laptop computers and feature an AC97 mixer, +a multi-channel sample rate converter that can mix up to four digital audio +streams in hardware, recording support, and external volume control buttons. +.Pp +The firmware for the sound processor is licensed under the GNU Public +License, and thus this driver is not included in the default GENERIC +kernel, nor is it compiled into the kernel when +.Cd "device pcm" +is specified in the kernel config file. +A convenient way to automatically load the driver is to add the line +.Dq Li snd_maestro3=yes +to the file +.Pa /boot/loader.conf . +.Pp +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +The hardware volume control buttons can be connected to two different pin +sets on the chip, depending on the manufacturer. +The driver has no way of determining this configuration, so a hint may be +used to override the default guess. +Add the line +.Dq Li hint.pcm.0.hwvol_config="0" +to the file +.Pa /boot/device.hints +to override the default setting. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr pcm 4 , +.Xr loader.conf 5 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Fx 4.3 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> +.An Darrel Anderson <anderson@cs.duke.edu> diff --git a/share/man/man4/snd_maestro3.4 b/share/man/man4/snd_maestro3.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f11b013 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/snd_maestro3.4 @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Scott Long +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd October 14, 2001 +.Dt MAESTRO3 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm maestro3 +.Nd FreeBSD audio sub-driver for ESS Maestro3/Allegro-1 hardware +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Dl kldload snd_maestro3 +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver provides support for the ESS Maestro3 and Allegro-1 sound chips +under the PCM framework. +These chips are mostly found in laptop computers and feature an AC97 mixer, +a multi-channel sample rate converter that can mix up to four digital audio +streams in hardware, recording support, and external volume control buttons. +.Pp +The firmware for the sound processor is licensed under the GNU Public +License, and thus this driver is not included in the default GENERIC +kernel, nor is it compiled into the kernel when +.Cd "device pcm" +is specified in the kernel config file. +A convenient way to automatically load the driver is to add the line +.Dq Li snd_maestro3=yes +to the file +.Pa /boot/loader.conf . +.Pp +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +The hardware volume control buttons can be connected to two different pin +sets on the chip, depending on the manufacturer. +The driver has no way of determining this configuration, so a hint may be +used to override the default guess. +Add the line +.Dq Li hint.pcm.0.hwvol_config="0" +to the file +.Pa /boot/device.hints +to override the default setting. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr pcm 4 , +.Xr loader.conf 5 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver first appeared in +.Fx 4.3 . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> +.An Darrel Anderson <anderson@cs.duke.edu> |