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SoundBlaster Live!

Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2017 11:42 pm
by Spectre660
Skateman has found that Soundblaster Live! cards only work with less than 4GB ram under Linux on the X5000.
So if you want to use one and have more ram than that you have to use the mem=3500M option in your bootargs .

Thanks for the tip Skateman !!!

Re: SoundBlaster Live!

Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2017 8:06 am
by Skateman
It was by accident that i found this... after a reinstall of Linux i was extremely happy with a working SB Live...
But after increasing the memory to a value above 4 GB it looked like the card was removed from my system.

I found this error.. snd_emu10k1 1000:04:04.0: architecture does not support PCI busmaster DMA with mask 0x7fffffff

Thanks for posting Spectre660

Re: SoundBlaster Live!

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 4:41 pm
by mechanic
Skateman wrote: I found this error.. snd_emu10k1 1000:04:04.0: architecture does not support PCI busmaster DMA with mask 0x7fffffff
I do not have X5000. The SBLive has on-board ROM in the emu10k1 that is (was) above the physical RAM limit for PCI only computers and usually reachable by virtual addresses. If the PCI slots in the X5000 are above the PCI limit of 2GB then changing the mask from 0x7FFF FFFF to a higher value might work. For 4GB the value may be 0x1 0000 0000 or 0xFFFF FFFF (?). I'm unable to test it. The value is in the IOMMU source and should be in the patches for the kernel. Good luck.

Re: SoundBlaster Live!

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 8:00 pm
by Skateman
Hi Mechanic,

Thanks for the reply. The kernel patching thing is a bit above my reach... by mabey someone on this forum can pick it up..
I guess most people running linux on the X5000 have more than 2 GB, so if would be nice if this adressing issue could be fixed.

Dave

Re: SoundBlaster Live!

Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:31 pm
by Skateman
Today i replaced my Soundblaster live for an M-Audio Revolution 5.1 soundcard. I have bought this card secondhand and guess what?
With more than 4 GB ram the M-Audio works great!

NOTE: Revolution 5.1 audio cards have been designed to be PCI 2.2
compliant with support for both 3.3-volt and 5-volt PCI signaling
environments. This guarantees compatibility with PCI-X, 64-bit, and standard
32-bit PCI-based systems, including the Apple G5.

This is the Card with a EnvyGT chipset, and works in OS4.1 FE as well!! :-)

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So if you need a good soundcard... look for an M-Audio Revolution 5.1