From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Takashi Iwai Subject: Re: User-space ALSA driver? Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:33:51 +0100 Message-ID: References: <1110765624.5056.77.camel@pc7.dolda2000.com> <1110814237.5056.113.camel@pc7.dolda2000.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.5 - "Awara-Onsen") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <1110814237.5056.113.camel@pc7.dolda2000.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: Fredrik Tolf Cc: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org At Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:30:37 +0100, Fredrik Tolf wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 16:21 +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > At Mon, 14 Mar 2005 03:00:24 +0100, > > Fredrik Tolf wrote: > > > (Please CC me, I'm not on the list) > Again, please. > > > > > > I've been googling around a bit for a user-space ALSA driver (meaning an > > > ALSA driver that allows a user-space program to act as the "hardware"), > > > but I've been unable to find one. > > > > > > It seems strange to me that no such driver would exist. Does anyone on > > > the list know of any such driver? I was just about to start writing one > > > myself, but I thought I'd better check with the list first, just in case > > > I missed it. > > > > Check alsa-plugins CVS repository. It includes JACK and OSS > > "user-space" drivers. Also, the bluez CVS includes the ALSA plugin, > > too. > > Thanks, but that wasn't really what I wanted. I really do want a kernel > driver that plugs back to user-space. I realize that the preferred way > to do ALSA userspace drivers is to make a libasound plugin, but without > a kernel driver, I can't get OSS emulation (right?). You can use aoss wrapper. > Should I take your reply as an indication that I'll have to write that > driver myself? If you want :) Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click