| 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. |
| |
| pss_firmware |
| |
| This parameter can be used to specify the file containing the firmware |
| code so that a user could tell the driver where that file is located instead |
| of having to put it in a predefined location with a predefined name. The |
| default setting of this parameter is "/etc/sound/pss_synth" as this was the |
| path and filename the hardcoded value in the previous versions of this driver. |
| |
| 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 |