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From: Kenneth Crudup <kenny@panix.com>
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Subject: ESS Maestro 2 PCI chipset
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I have just bought a laptop with that sound"card" in it. I'd like to join
the Alsa development effort for this device. Is anyone else working on this
that might need help? As I've done driver programming, but not for soundcards,
I'd not want to be the *lead* devel, unless I can get the full docs for the
chipset (and unless soundcard programming turns out to be as "easy" as making
the mixer work and getting the the card set up right to get the samples out of
DMA buffers, which I doubt greatly :-).

I only really need 16-bit PCM audio, for RealPlayer and "xanim", and the mixer
(of course), soundblaster 16 compatibility is fine. Nothing too fancy or
elaborate (like wavetables or MIDI).

	-Kenny


