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From: Pablo Casal <pcasal@netlabs.com.uy>
To: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
Subject: Re: /dev/sndstat
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 09:41:37 -0300
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On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, you wrote:
>On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Pablo Casal wrote:
>
>> Hello, I'm new to ALSA; anyway I read that one of the main goals for this driver
>> was to be OSS/Lite compatible. Which it happens to be at least with the PCM
>> (/dev/dsp) and the mixer.
>> 
>> The problem I found (version 0.1.4) was that /dev/sndstat does not apear
>> to be compatible with the OSS driver; if I cat this device I will only get
>> this line :
>> 
>> Sound driver - compatibility text for gmod : 3.5
>> 
>> There are some programs like multitrack wich get your system sound
>> configuration from /dev/sndstat; I was thinking of writing a patch for this
>> driver as to get OSS /dev/sndstat compatibility, but first I wanted to
>> ask you (developers) what do you think about this.
>
>ALSA driver have enhanced /dev/sndstat interface in latest 0.2.0-pre
>versions of driver, but multitrack isn't still working. I don't know why,
>but author of this program will support directly ALSA driver in next
>release..
>

Ok, great !

I have multitrack currently working on my system, since ALSA did't have
nice support for the /dev/sndstat I acctually wrote the /dev/sndstat describing
my system; here is the file (it is a temporal solution of course, but it will
do the job until the driver is trully /dev/sndstat compatible) :

------------------------------------------
Sound Driver:3.5.4-960630 (Fri Jun 19 03:01:10 UYT 1998 root,
Linux pattse.netlabs.com.uy 2.0.34 #1 Tue Jun 16 13:08:16 UYT 1998 i586 unknown)
Kernel: Linux pattse.netlabs.com.uy 2.0.34 #1 Fri Jun 19 03:03:15 UYT 1998 i586
Config options: 0

Installed drivers:
Type 1: OPL-2/OPL-3 FM
Type 2: Sound Blaster
Type 7: SB MPU-401

Card config:
Sound Blaster at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1,5
(SB MPU-401 irq 1 drq 0)
OPL-2/OPL-3 FM at 0x388 drq 0

Audio devices:
0: Sound Blaster 16 (4.16)
1: Fake Sound Blaster 16 (4.16)

Synth devices:
0: Yamaha OPL-3
1: AWE32-0.4.0 (RAM4096k)

Midi devices:

Timers:
0: System clock

Mixers:
0: Sound Blaster
1: AWE32 Equalizer
-------------------------------------------------

As you can see, I wrote a Fake Sound Blaster 16 device entry, so as to 
gain full duplex support for multitrack. It's currently working on my system
in full duplex mode and it sounds beautifull, even better that 
windows full-duplex.

>							Jaroslav
>
>-----
>Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
>Academic Computer Centre, University of South Bohemia
>Branisovska 31, C. Budejovice, CZ-370 05 Czech Republic
>
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					Saludos : Pablo Casal
					pcasal@netlabs.com.uy

