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From: gpalmer@webspan.net (Gary Palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Gravis UltraSound PNP pro with 2.1?
Date: 21 Dec 1996 04:12:44 GMT
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In article <59fh3u$akm@news1.infoave.net>,
	ted@ags.ga.erg.sri.com (Ted Nolan) writes:
> Does anyone know if a Gravis Ultrasound PNP Pro is close enough to
> a regular Gravis Ultrasound to work with 2.1.0?  Looking at the Windows
> setup booklet, it appears to require an insane ammount of IRQs (3).  Do I
> really need all this for FreeBSD?  I get the feeling some of them have to
> do with gameports and the like?  (The book is not especially helpful
> as far as technical details go..)

> So, anyone got one working?

I would paste my boot messages, but my box has been up for 45 days and
they've gone from the logs and the kernel buffers :( Suffice to say
`Yep', I've got it working. Not in 2.1.0 tho, although in theory it
shouldn't be too difficult to do (I use a post-2.1.5 version).

The PnP need initializing, which the normal GUS driver can't
supply. You need the gus pnp driver, available from
ftp://rah.star-gate.com/pub/ (somewhere, sorry, it's been a while). I
think the filename should stand out tho.

I would advise trying to upgrade to 2.1.5 or 2.1.6(.1) though.

Yours

Gary