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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: pss.4,v 1.4 1998/05/12 09:29:49 provos Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: pss.4,v 1.5 2000/07/05 13:46:53 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: pss.4,v 1.3 1997/10/05 21:42:20 augustss Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Michael Long.
@@ -39,15 +39,16 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-driver supports soundcards based on ESC614 or ESC614A ASICs and AD1848
-or CS4231 series codecs. Known examples are:
+driver supports sound cards based on ESC614 or ESC614A ASICs and AD1848
+or CS4231 series codecs.
+Known examples are:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width -offset indent -compact
.It Cardinal Digital Sound Pro 16
.It Orchid SoundWave 32
.El
.Pp
-The Orchid GameWave 32 is based on the ESC614 ASIC, but is not
+The Orchid GameWave 32 is based on the ESC614 ASIC, but not
supported because it does not have a codec.
.Pp
The
@@ -63,10 +64,10 @@ This driver doesn't work yet.
The list of cards using the PSS chipset is incomplete.
.Pp
The ESC614 (version 1) is unable to reliably determine whether DMA
-channels are free on some motherboards. The ASIC determines that all
-channels are taken, even if that is untrue. When this happens, the driver
-cannot verify configured DMA channels with the ASIC's DMA autodetect
-hardware, so it blindly accepts the user setting.
+channels are free on some motherboards.
+The ASIC determines that all channels are taken, even if that is untrue.
+When this happens, the driver cannot verify configured DMA channels with the
+ASIC's DMA autodetect hardware, so it blindly accepts the user setting.
.Pp
Cards based on the ESC615 ASIC are not supported.
.Pp