| OPL3-SA1 sound driver (opl3sa.o) | |
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| Note: This howto only describes how to setup the OPL3-SA1 chip; this info | |
| does not apply to the SA2, SA3, or SA4. | |
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| The Yamaha OPL3-SA1 sound chip is usually found built into motherboards, and | |
| it's a decent little chip offering a WSS mode, a SB Pro emulation mode, MPU401 | |
| and OPL3 FM Synth capabilities. | |
| You can enable inclusion of the driver via CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA1=m, or | |
| CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA1=y through 'make config/xconfig/menuconfig'. | |
| You'll need to know all of the relevant info (irq, dma, and io port) for the | |
| chip's WSS mode, since that is the mode the kernel sound driver uses, and of | |
| course you'll also need to know about where the MPU401 and OPL3 ports and | |
| IRQs are if you want to use those. | |
| Here's the skinny on how to load it as a module: | |
| modprobe opl3sa io=0x530 irq=11 dma=0 dma2=1 mpu_io=0x330 mpu_irq=5 | |
| Module options in detail: | |
| io: This is the WSS's port base. | |
| irq: This is the WSS's IRQ. | |
| dma: This is the WSS's DMA line. In my BIOS setup screen this was | |
| listed as "WSS Play DMA" | |
| dma2: This is the WSS's secondary DMA line. My BIOS calls it the | |
| "WSS capture DMA" | |
| mpu_io: This is the MPU401's port base. | |
| mpu_irq: This is the MPU401's IRQ. | |
| If you'd like to use the OPL3 FM Synthesizer, make sure you enable | |
| CONFIG_SOUND_YM3812 (in 'make config'). That'll build the opl3.o module. | |
| Then a simple 'insmod opl3 io=0x388', and you now have FM Synth. | |
| You can also use the SoftOSS software synthesizer instead of the builtin OPL3. | |
| Here's how: | |
| Say 'y' or 'm' to "SoftOSS software wave table engine" in make config. | |
| If you said yes, the software synth is available once you boot your new | |
| kernel. | |
| If you chose to build it as a module, just insmod the resulting softoss2.o | |
| Questions? Comments? | |
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