From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Rigg Subject: Re: pcm_multi broken in alsa-lib - no duplex mode with jackd Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 21:51:28 +0000 Message-ID: <20070308215128.GA3349@localhost.localdomain> References: <45F044D2.1060903@mnet-online.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: Takashi Iwai Cc: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 07:58:23PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: > At Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:16:02 +0100, > Simon Lewis wrote: > > Many JACK users have successfully used the following patch: > > > > http://www.sound-man.co.uk/linuxaudio/pcm_multi-patch > > Well, the patch is no real fix. It's likely a workaround for JACK, > though. Someone has to take time to track down this bug more deeply. True, the patch is just a workaround for JACK. However, I would argue that most users of pcm_multi are probably JACK users. Surely adding code that breaks something for the majority of users (no matter how correct that code is in isolation) is not a good thing. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV