Hallo, [EMAIL PROTECTED] hat gesagt: // [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The Linux 2.6 kernel and newer ALSA series have not been out very long and > most of what is on that site is for 2.4.*. I did a search on what was > listed using snd-usb-audio: > > http://qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdevcat.php?id=44&w=d&s=d&d=d > > Only 8 devices are recent enough to have been properly tested with the 2.6 > kernels. Only 5 are audio devices.
In general, all devices supported on 2.4 also work on 2.6. At least that's what I found in my tests. Sound-support is more a matter of alsa-drivers, and ALSA can be used on 2.4 and 2.6. Exceptions to this rule are the two M-Audio device, which don't work anymore on 2.6 because of the known standards issue. > 1 of those is marked as having failed. > > The others do not appear to mention any kernel, ALSA, PC or related > details. So this basically makes the list pointless since all you know is > that someone somewhere said these things worked with something or other. See above. AFAICT there is only one important difference between 2.4 and 2.6 important here, and that is the handing of wrong alt settings in devices. > The ones marked as being owned by Frank presumably can be assumed to work > with 2.6.* though you would have to email Frank to find out the specific > test environment since no specifics are mentioned on the driver list. It > has already been established by myself that the Edirol UA-1X does not work > with 2.6 and the Asus A7V333 motherboard (for example). Reason is the VIA chipset problem. I couldn't get the UA-1X to work on my VIA machine with 2.4 as well. YMMV. > So you have 4 possible devices but none with enough details to know > whether there is anything beyond grief waiting by looking at the list at > qbik.ch. > > IMHO > > So as far as I can see, there ZERO safe USB based audio devices that you > can go purchase right now for current Linux kernels. Some counter arguments: Terratec Aureon 5.1 USB, Audiotrak Maya 5.1. EX, Audiotrak MayaEX 7, ESI Gigaport, Soundblaster USB MP3+, Audiotrak Optoplay, Edirol UA-5 are just some resonably save snd-usb-audio devices, because they made not a single problem in all my tests and were pure plug and playable immediatly with various ALSA versions, even older ones like the ALSA in kernel 2.6.0 ciao -- Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__ ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
