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QNX® Momentics® Development Suite 6.3.2 Driver Patch for the Dell 830 Laptop (Patch ID 1120) Release Notes

QNX® Momentics® Development Suite 6.3.2 Driver Patch for the Dell 830 Laptop (Patch ID 1120) Release Notes

Date of this edition: June 27, 2008

Target OS: This patch is compatible with x86 targets that are running QNX® Neutrino® 6.3.2.

Host OS: In order to apply this patch, you must have installed QNX Momentics 6.3.2 as a self-hosted development system.


Note: For the most up-to-date version of these notes, go to our website (www.qnx.com), log into your myQNX account, and then go to the Download Center.

Contents

Throughout this document, you may see reference numbers associated with particular issues, changes, etc. When corresponding with our Technical Support staff about a given issue, please quote the relevant reference number. You might also find the reference numbers useful for tracking issues as they become fixed.

What's in this patch?

This patch contains updates to the following binaries:

  • devg-i830.so
  • deva-ctrl-intel_hda.so
  • deva-mixer-hda.so
  • devn-tigon3.so
  • devb-eide

as well as to the audio, net, and graphics device enumerators.

Installed files

The following files are installed under $QNX_TARGET/:

  • etc/system/enum/devices/audio
  • etc/system/enum/devices/net
  • etc/system/enum/devices/graphics
  • x86/lib/dll/devg-i830.so
  • x86/lib/dll/deva-ctrl-intel_hda.so
  • x86/lib/dll/deva-mixer-hda.so
  • x86/lib/dll/devn-tigon3.so
  • x86/sbin/devb-eide

They're also installed under /:

  • lib/dll/devg-i830.so
  • lib/dll/deva-ctrl-intel_hda.so
  • lib/dll/deva-mixer-hda.so
  • lib/dll/devn-tigon3.so
  • sbin/devb-eide
  • etc/system/enum/devices/audio
  • etc/system/enum/devices/net
  • etc/system/enum/devices/graphics

Fixed issues

This patch addresses the following issues:

  • Support is required for high definition audio on Dell 830 laptops with the Intel 965 chipset. (Ref# 41574, 57716, 58948, 59040)

    For high-definition audio on these platforms, start io-audio specifying the intel_hda driver, as follows:

    io-audio -dintel_hda
  • Network drivers have been updated to support the Dell Latitude D830 laptop.
  • Disk drivers have been updated to support the Dell Latitude D830 laptop.
  • Graphics drivers have been updated to support the Dell Latitude D830 laptop.

Known issues


Note: We're actively investigating all known issues.

  • Audio is not sent to the headphone jack. (Ref# 59086)
  • The volume-control panel on the Shelf (self-hosted only) doesn't work. The volume and mute buttons on the laptop do not work. (Ref# 59091)

Technical support

If you have any questions, comments, or problems with a QNX product, please contact Technical Support. For more information, see the How to Get Help chapter of the Welcome to QNX Momentics guide or visit our website, www.qnx.com.