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From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
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Subject: alsa driver 0.0.7 & library 0.0.4 released
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Hi all!

	New driver and library were released. This version of driver
now supports all GUS soundcards. There are also fixes for OSS PCM code
which should be more stable now. I implemented all things for kernel API
which wasn't done before. New code isn't tested very much.
	I don't assume some next big changes for MIXER & PCM kernel API
in near future. Some testing of native features is needed, of course.
I'm planning add code for PnP soundcards (GUS PnP & SB 16 PnP, AWE32/64) 
support based on Tom Lees PnP driver code which looks very good
(http://www-jcr.lmh.ox.ac.uk/~pnp/). His PnP driver code is available for
2.0.33 kernel code, too. I hope this solves all related PnP problems.

					Jaroslav

0.0.6 -> 0.0.7

* minor fixes in sound.h
* minor numbers are changed!!! please, run script snddevices again
+ added full support for kerneld/kmod (best used with modutils 2.1.55+)
  - driver requests for add-on OSS modules by 'snd-minor-oss-#'
  - driver requests for card modules by 'snd-card-#'
  - look to doc/kerneld.txt for example
+ added support for Gravis UltraSound MAX
+ added support for Gravis UltraSound Classic/Ace
  - unique DMA transfer algoritm from system to onboard memory was used
    for best PCM performance
* stereo mode with SB Pro should now work ok
+ mixer
  - SND_MIXER_CINFO_CAP_INPUT added for channel info caps variable
  - snd_mixer_channel_info extended by min & max variables
  - SND_MIXER_IOCTL_EXACT added for support of exact mode
  - volume can now set in decibel (not tested) or in exact mode
+ pcm
  - snd_pcm_playback_status & snd_pcm_record_status extended by rate
    variable which passes to application real playback/record rate and
    by stime variable which contains time when playback/record was started
  - SND_PCM_IOCTL_PLAYBACK_TIME & SND_PCM_IOCTL_RECORD_TIME added for
    turning on/off time computing for status ioctl's

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
Academic Computer Centre, University of South Bohemia
Branisovska 31, C. Budejovice, CZ-370 05 Czech Republic


