At Thu, 9 May 2002 16:43:32 +0200 (CEST), Jaroslav wrote: > > On Thu, 9 May 2002, Paul Davis wrote: > > > both the hammerfall and hammerfall-dsp require exactly the same kind > > of memory allocation. the snd-rme9652_mem module, which allocates > > a contiguous chunk of about 1.2MB of physical RAM, uses the "driver > > index" to identify which snd-card is using a given buffer. this means > > that if we try to use both a hammerfall and a hammerfall-dsp, things > > don't work: both drivers pass "driver index" = 0 to the memory > > module, and the second try (whatever it is) concludes that it already > > has buffers allocated. > > > > i propose using the card->number value instead, so that the numbers are > > unique across all driver modules. > > > > the only other option i can see is to duplicate the code in > > snd-rme9652_mem, which seems really dumb. > > > > i also propose renaming the module to snd-hammerfall_mem to clearly > > indicate its generic status, and moving it into its own directory. it > > will be built if either CONFIG_SND_CARD_RME9652 and/or > > CONFIG_SND_CARD_HDSP are defined. > > > > let me know if this sounds like the right solution, or if you have a > > better one. > > Perhaps, we can use a more universal name like 'snd-pci-bigmem' or > something like that. Other hardware might require this (if I remember > correctly S3 SonicVibes cards also requires a big memory chunk for DLS > samples). We can move this module to /alsa-kernel/pci.
yes. ice1712 needs relatively big chunk, too. how about to add module options to specify the pci id and the required size for non-default cards? Takashi _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
