From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Takashi Iwai Subject: Re: Interested in having a go at coding an ALSA driver Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:54:20 +0100 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: <5.1.1.6.0.20030212142640.00aafb40@mail.labyrinth.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.4 - "Hosorogi") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Clemens Ladisch Cc: Chris Share , alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org At Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:31:54 +0100 (MET), Clemens Ladisch wrote: > > Chris Share wrote: > > I've never done any kernal programming and feel a bit daunted by the task > > in front of me. Any suggestions on where to start would be much > > appreciated. I have downloaded quite a few articles on ALSA, etc. so that > > should keep me going for a while. > > There's a document about writing ALSA drivers in > alsa-kernel/Documentation/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl. available on-line, too: http://www.alsa-project.org/~iwai/writing-an-alsa-driver/index.html and http://www.alsa-project.org/~iwai/writing-an-alsa-driver.pdf > > > Yamaha SW1000 > > Hoontech DSP24 Value > > > > I'd be interested in having a go a coding a driver for one of these. > > Yamaha doesn't publish useful informatin about the SW1000XG, so you'd have > to reverse engineer the Windows driver first. yes, or give pressure to Yamaha to release the info :) seriously, it's always good to ask to the hardware vendor. nowadays, many vendors are very cooperative with the linux development. > alsa-kernel/pci/ice1712/hoontech.h says that the SoundTrack DSP 24 Value > is supported, but the DSP 24 is marked "untested" in the sound card list. > Anyway, if it doesn't work with your card, it should be easy to make it > work. well, so far, ST DSP24 and ST DSP24 Media 7.1 are supported. not sure whether your card is compatible with them. just give a try and feedback to us please. ciao, Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com