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diff --git a/Documentation/sound/oss/ultrasound b/Documentation/sound/oss/ultrasound new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..32cd50478b36 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/sound/oss/ultrasound @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +modprobe sound +insmod ad1848 +insmod gus io=* irq=* dma=* ... + +This loads the driver for the Gravis Ultrasound family of sound cards. + +The gus module takes the following arguments + +io I/O address of the Ultrasound card (eg. io=0x220) +irq IRQ of the Sound Blaster card +dma DMA channel for the Sound Blaster +dma16 2nd DMA channel, only needed for full duplex operation +type 1 for PnP card +gus16 1 for using 16 bit sampling daughter board +no_wave_dma Set to disable DMA usage for wavetable (see note) +db16 ??? + + +no_wave_dma option + +This option defaults to a value of 0, which allows the Ultrasound wavetable +DSP to use DMA for for playback and downloading samples. This is the same +as the old behaviour. If set to 1, no DMA is needed for downloading samples, +and allows owners of a GUS MAX to make use of simultaneous digital audio +(/dev/dsp), MIDI, and wavetable playback. + + +If you have problems in recording with GUS MAX, you could try to use +just one 8 bit DMA channel. Recording will not work with one DMA +channel if it's a 16 bit one. |