* Make it possible to use software assisted encodings that expand the
sample size.
* Use 16 bits per sample when emulating mulaw coding on the SB.
* Prepare for SB16 without CT1745 mixer.
a command to the 82586 for every frame to be transmitted. Instead, a
single command sets off the execution of a chain of commands consisting
of alternate XMITs and NO-OPs, where the link fields in the NO-OPs are
set to loop back onto themselves until the next XMIT is ready to go.
This trick found on a Linux WEB page.
All this induces reasonable transmission performance in my old multibus
adapter. The receiver performance is still abysmal..
- Change the way attach and open works to allow multiple audio
devices.
- Split the mulaw.c file into two to avoid dragging in mulaw
convertsion when they are not needed. Add 16 bit alaw/mulaw tables.
- Change the way audio properties are gotten.
- Recognize more versions os SoundBlaster.
re-enabled with ASC_IOASIC_BOUNCE.
All DMA buffered processing is now done in the bus-specific DMA routines
in asc_ioasic.c and asc_tc.c.
Disable several informational messages dealing with non-empty FIFO conditions,
but allow enabling with ASC_DIAGNOSTIC for troubleshooting.
- It is now possible to handle devices that want "looping" DMA,
e.g. the SoundBlaster correctly. The WSS and SB drivers use this.
To do this several new methods were introduced in audio_hw_if.
- Different silence handling (forced by previous change).
- The audio driver can now be mmap()-ed, but due to problems in
the VM system only for writing for now.
- The OSS (Linux) audio emulation takes advantage of some of the
new features.
* Move clockvar.h (header file for generic clock code) to sys/dev/dec.
* Move if_le_dec.c with DEC padded LANCE-dma (pmax/pmax, ioasic, vax 3400)
to sys/dev/dec. Remove from sys/dev/tc.
* Declare attribute le_dec_subr in /sys/dev/dec/files.dec,
use if_le_dec.c when it's defined.
* Move IOCTL asic declaration from pmax and Alpha MD machine
files to sys/dev/tc/files.tc.
* move TurboChannel and ioasic if_le attachments from pmax and Alpha machine
config files to /sys/dev/tc/files.tc. Add le_dec_subr attribute.
* Add if_le_dec attribute to if_le_ibus (pmax ds3100 pmax) LANCE attachment.
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