Re: [Alsa-user] Help with nForce4 MIDI
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From: Ray L. <lis...@in...> - 2005-11-29 18:32:22
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Takashi Iwai wrote: > At Tue, 29 Nov 2005 11:54:36 -0500 (EST), > Ray Lambert wrote: >> >> Hi Takashi, >> >> Takashi Iwai wrote: >> > Ray Lambert wrote: >> >> Do I have to create /dev/midi manually? >> > >> > Since it's a secondary "card", the device is /dev/midi1. >> >> I'm not sure what you mean by "secondary card"? It's actually >> integrated >> into the mobo so there is no card. Do you mean it's handled like a >> "virtual card" or something like that? > > It's irrelvant from the mobo integration. If you say so, all things > on your machine have to be the first because they are "integrated" :) > > Since snd-mpu401 is a different driver from snd-intel8x0, it's > registered as an indivial instance, the secondary card, as a result. Okay... I guess I'm just not following this "primary" and "secondary card" thing. Do you mean to say that the driver (snd-mpu401) is a /secondary driver/ for the card (snd-intel8x0 being the primary)? Or that the device (mpu401) is a /secondary device/ on the integrated sound card? Assuming the former is the case, wouldn't it make sense for snd-intel8x0 to cause snd-mpu401 to load? Surely it must be aware that there's a midi/gameport present on this device? (Note: I'm assuming that the dsp & midi/gp parts are seen as one integrated device.) Or is it possible to sometimes have the intel8x0 HW without mpu401? Sorry for all the questions... just trying to understand how this all works. I'm an inquisitive type, ya know... ;) ~ray |