From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Takashi Iwai Subject: Re: Prodigy 7.1 ? Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 16:35:24 +0200 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: <3FF3EBB8.6020503@aei.ca> <1066221700.7989.63.camel@caernarfon> <200310151535.00442.mark@egghead.free-online.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.5 - "Awara-Onsen") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200310151535.00442.mark@egghead.free-online.co.uk> Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Mark Hubbard Cc: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org At Wed, 15 Oct 2003 15:35:00 +0100, Mark Hubbard wrote: > > On Wednesday 15 Oct 2003 14:00, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > At Wed, 15 Oct 2003 13:41:40 +0100, > > > > Liam Girdwood wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Unfortunately WM8770 driver development is not in my immediate to do > > > list. However, I do remember someone had done some work on the 8770 > > > (possibly on the Aureon Terratec card). You may want to look at this as > > > a starting point for your driver. > > > > yes, it's in aureon.c, which is based also on ice1724 chip. > > hacking this code would be the first step. > > > > > You will also have to write some code for your audio controller chip > > > (ICE1724). This chip controls and sends/receives audio data to the > > > WM8770 codec. If your lucky, this chip may also be part of another > > > driver. > > > > the problem is that each ice1724 board is implemented with different > > GPIO use. furthermore, ice1724 has 24 (i forgot the exact number) > > GPIO pins, while ice1712 has only 8. it makes already difficult to > > check the pin connection. the help of the board vendor is most likely > > needed. > > > > > > Takashi > > > > The Prodigy 7.1 is identically the same card as the Aureon Space 7.1....just > different firmware and digital coaxial instead of toslink. then you can fake the subvendor id (VT1724_SUBDEVICE_AUREON71_SPACE) defined in aureon.h by replacing it with your card's id, which is shown in the EEPROM output in /proc/asound/card0/ice1724. we might need to tune up eeprom entries to match with the actual hardware, but in theory it should be ok as it is. Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php