No kernel drivers for Linux appear to exist for the mWave DSP, which is what I would have expected for IBM's neglect around this era. Unfortunately, the only way to enable Sound Blaster compatibility is to use proprietary DOS/Windows drivers, which sucks for using sound with the Linux kernel.

Debugging the drivers might take a while, so is there any way to simply hook and log I/O writes on a real machine to see if there is a special activation sequence by writing to the installed mWave ports? I could possibly do this on an emulator, but it's easy for me to work with the real thing where I have access to the whole card.