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From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
Subject: Re: The Ultra Sound Driver
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> OK. I mailed message to Thomas Sailer <sailer@ife.ee.ethz.ch> (I don't
> know if this person is right) with request of current status of his
> project.

Yep

> for example totaly extended and different. My PCM is really full duplex
> (you can open it with two open() calls by two different applications).

THis is good stuff

> In previous project I emulated all OSS/Lite stuff include sequencer
> (pretty good shit).

You mean you understand what the current API is meant to do 8)

> IDE - not problem. We can load ide module with another major # after sound
> modules and loader can request from sound driver about IDE port
> parameters (port/IRQ). I didn't assume that IDE port on soundcard will be
> used for booting, so this method is sufficient.

Yes but you cant load IDE as a module if you boot off IDE with IDE built in


