At Thu, 28 Nov 2002 17:00:35 +0100 (MET),
Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> 
> Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> > > The snd_seq_midisynth_register_port() function already knows the name of
> > > the rawmidi device, so there is no reason to invent another name for the
> > > sequencer client.
> >
> > the reason was that many rawmidi devices give the same name even if
> > there are many.  for example, mpu401 sets only "MPU-401 (UART)" as its
> > name.
> > although the card can be distinguished by the client number, it would
> > be better to be able to know only from its name string.
> 
> The maybe we could add the card number or id to the string.
> "MPU-401 (card42)" would be better than "External MIDI 42-0".

ok, now, the question is whether this "(cardx)" is included in each
rawmidi name or put in seq_midi.c.
if we use the rawmidi name with the card id, each rawmidi creator
should be responsible.


Takashi


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