Re: [Alsa-user] MIDI Module

[Takashi I. <ti...@su...>]

At Thu, 04 Aug 2005 12:54:04 -0500,
Alan Grimes wrote:
> 
> > Which file are you referring?  In CMIPCI.txt:
> > 
> >   MIDI CONTROLLER
> >   ---------------
> >   
> >   The MPU401-UART interface is disabled as default.  You need to set
> >   module option "mpu_port" with a valid I/O port address to enable the
> >   MIDI support.  The valid I/O ports are 0x300, 0x310, 0x320 and 0x330.
> >   Choose the value which doesn't conflict with other cards.
> 
> ##############################################
> In CMIPCI.txt from the source tree of the kernel actually installed on
> my system:
> ////////////////
> 
> MIDI CONTROLLER
> ---------------
> 
> The MPU401-UART interface is enabled as default only for the first
> (CMIPCI) card.  You need to set module option "midi_port" properly
> for the 2nd (CMIPCI) card.

Then the document might be true in your version.  And, the solution
might be different from Clemens' suggestion.  (It's possible that
the document wasn't upated to the change of the driver, though.)


> ###################################
> 
> > The description of index option (and overall about the module options)
> > can be found in ALSA-Configuration.txt.
> > 
> >   Common parameters for top sound card modules
> >   --------------------------------------------
> > 
> >     Each of top level sound card module takes the following options.
> > 
> >     index	- index (slot #) of sound card
> > 		- Values: 0 through 7 or negative
> > 		- If nonnegative, assign that index number
> >                 - if negative, interpret as a bitmask of permissible
> > 		  indices; the first free permitted index is assigned
> > 		- Default: -1
> 
> Now I'm even more confused...
> How do I determine the slot number of my card?
> My computer has at least three PCI busses...
> There are many many many files in the /proc/asound tree so I don't know
> where to look. =\
> Simply grepping for "index" didn't help...

I'm even more confused, too.  I don't know what is exactly your
problem...

Please begin with the detailed description of your problem.


Takashi