From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Takashi Iwai Subject: Re: Status of Echo/Event support Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 15:13:01 +0100 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: <200212060215.gB62FY48018703@mail.space2u.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.4 - "Hosorogi") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200212060215.gB62FY48018703@mail.space2u.com> Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: David Olofson Cc: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Hi David, At Fri, 6 Dec 2002 03:15:32 +0100, David Olofson wrote: > > > Hi! > > I still have that Echo/Event Layla audio interface lying around. I > don't have any use for it whatsoever as it is now, since I don't use > Windoze at all any more (except occasionally, for some minor projects > at work) and I can't use Layla with Linux. > > So, I have to make a decision: Either I look at Echo's C++ source and > hack an ALSA driver - or I get rid of my Layla, and get a Delta 1010 > or something. I'll look at their code and see how I feel about it... > > As you might have guessed, there is *one* thing against: > > Why did it take so damn long to releas that code!? well, afaik, both Jaroslav and I haven't check this soundcard, because we have no this hardware. so, perhaps the answer is that no one is working on it yet. > The fact that I still have a Layla card now is part coincidence, part > me being too lazy to get rid of it... Now, I'm basically wondering if > anyone still wants to hear about Echo. I must admit that I still have > hard feelings personally - but that might also have to do with the > major hardware and driver issues I had before I got the thing to work > under Windoze. > > > Anyway, what I'm wondering is basically two things: > > * Is anyone else already working on a driver already? > > * Does anyone care? That is, does anyone else around > here own - or have access to - one of these units? > (Maybe I should ask in a somewhat more public place?) > > * I have some 18 years of programming experience > (mostly to-the-metal stuff), some kernel hacking > experience, but no ALSA coding experience. Any > rough estimate how much time I'd need to add Echo > support to ALSA? when i write a new driver, it would take - ca. 1 week if there is an OSS driver, - ca. 2 weeks if it's a normal PCI (or ISA) device and there is enough technical info, and - more for exotic environment :) until the first beta release. a test version may be ealier, though. recently i wrote a small howto for writing an alsa-driver. please check the archive of alsa-devel ml. ciao, Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf