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