>> > ALSA: >> > cat /proc/asound/devices shows only one raw midi interface. This is on >> > a two port device (but Muse lets me select either port). On the older >> > alsa two devices show up on the listing. >> >> For multiport interfaces, the additional ports are available as subdevices >> of the rawmidi device, i.e. hw:1,0,0 and hw:1,0,1. (This is the same >> behaviour as with other multiport interfaces, i.e. snd-mtpav and >> snd-serial-u16550.) > >I understand the backwards compatibility bit, but it still looks wrong to >me. AFAIK (maybe there are other uses) subdevices are only used in >soundcard pcm outputs when the underlying hardware is capable of multiple >opens on the same output port (hardware mixing). So the behavior of midi >ports in inconsistent with the behavior of audio ports. They are two >completely independent hardware i/o ports, it looks to me like they should >be two devices, not one.
i'm with fernando on this one. if consistency is the goal, and i think it should be, then multiport MIDI devices should appear as multiple ports, not subdevices. --p ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
