Re: Re: au88x0_synth

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

At Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:39:01 +0800,
Raymond wrote:
> 
> Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > 
> > I don't know of arl format, but if it's not compatible with
> > soundfonts, stciking with the current soundfont handler doesn't make
> > sense, IMO.
> > 
> > 
> "Another new feature in 2.048 drivers is the possibility to upload SF2
> sound banks, but it's still very limitedbecause only 2MB, 4MB and 8MB
> SF2 2.0 banks can be uploaded. In fact, it's a long-awaited option
> because basically Aureal ARL format is plainly the SF2 2.0 but with its
> own addressing system."
> 
> Quoted from
> http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/multimedia/display/sq2500.html
> 
> 
> 1) Why samplerate is missing in soundfont_sample_info_t ?
> 
> The samples in au30gm.arl have different samplerates.

The sample rate is defined in soundfont_voice_info_t.

> 4) Can those snd_vortex_synth_alloc(), snd_vortex_synth_free(),
> snd_vortex_synth_bzero() replaced by kmalloc(), kfree(), ... instead of
> implementing a Memory blocks Management system with those fuctions in
> util_mem.c ?

The functions in util_mem.c are used to allocate/free blocks in a
(virtually) linear address space dynamically.  These functions
themselves are no replacement for kmalloc/kfree at all.


Takashi


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