Re: Q: Compiling ALSA for 2.6.16

["Asbjørn Sæbø" <asbjs@stud.ntnu.no>]

On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 04:57:52PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> At Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:37:12 +0100,
> Asbjørn Sæbø wrote:


> > > > [Compiling the newest ALSA in an attempt to get a vxpocket to work]


> > I am still stuck, though.  The vxloader does not find the card.  
> > And neither does alsaconf.
> > (See the log below of the attempt to set up the card.)
> 
> With the recent version, you don't need to load snd-vxload by
> yourself.  And, you don't need vxloader, too.  But you need to install
> the firmware files in alsa-firmware package to the appropriate
> directory.  Usually the default should be OK.

Well, the firmware should be OK:
---------------
dhcp91  ~ $ ls /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/vx
bd56002.boot  bx_1_vp4.b56  l_1_vp4.d56  x1_1_vp4.xlx  x1_2_v22.xlx
bd563s3.boot  bx_1_vxp.b56  l_1_vx2.d56  x1_1_vx2.xlx
bd563v2.boot  l_1_v22.d56   l_1_vxp.d56  x1_1_vxp.xlx
----------------


 
> Of course, CONFIG_FW_LOADER should be enabled in the kernel config to
> get it working so, as described in ALSA-Configuration.txt.

Actually, ALSA-Configuration.txt does not says this for the VXpocket, 
only for the snd_hdsp module.  
But yes, it is enabled (as a module, though):
------------------------
dhcp91  ~ $ zcat /proc/config.gz |grep FW_LOADER
CONFIG_FW_LOADER=m
-------------------------


> Then just plug the card in.  Then pcmcia stuff will load snd-vxpocket,
> and kernel will get the firmware data automatically, set up the board
> and ready.

Unfortunately not so here.  I get a log message saying that a pccard is 
loaded.  But the module is not loaded.
---------------
dhcp91  ~ $ tail -2 /var/log/messages 
Mar 27 11:24:24 dhcp91 kernel: [drm] Loading R200 Microcode
Mar 27 11:25:35 dhcp91 kernel: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
---------------- 

 
> At least, I can confirm that vxpocket v2 is working now fine with my
> laptop with plain SUSE 10.0 + 2.6.16-rc3 kernel.

Thanks, at least that is good to know!

The error is probably in my setup somewhere.  But surely I do have a 
hard time finding it.

Although manual loading of the module and the firmware should not be 
necessary, it should still work, shouldn't it?

(Hotplug is of course a nice thing to have.  But I can do very well 
without it.  A manual setup of the card would be fine with me, as long 
as it worked.)

Asbjørn


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