From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lee Revell Subject: Re: More than 8 soundcards Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:40:50 -0400 Message-ID: <1144352451.2866.102.camel@mindpipe> References: <44356C8D.1010402@riccardotempesta.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <44356C8D.1010402@riccardotempesta.com> Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Riccardo Tempesta Cc: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 21:31 +0200, Riccardo Tempesta wrote: > I'm trying to use more than 8 soundcards with ALSA. > > I've seen the following line in "driver.h" > #define SNDRV_CARDS 8 /* number of supported soundcards - don't change - > minor numbers */ > > What does "don't change - minor numbers" mean? > > I tried to increase it to 16 and I can see new /proc/asound/cardX > folders, but no /dev/dspX devices. > Hence the "don't change" comment. If it was that easy, this would already be set to 16. > Any help will be appreciated. > Thank you in advantage. I belive you just need to enable CONFIG_SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS to eliminate the 8 device limit (check list archives to be sure) Lee ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642