Re: [Alsa-user] Help with nForce4 MIDI

[Clemens L. <cl...@la...>]

Ray Lambert wrote:
> Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > 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?

The AC'97 controller and the MIDI port are two completely different and
independent devices (one a PCI device in the south bridge, the other an
ISA device in the SuperI/O chip) that just happen to be soldered on the
same mainboard.


Regards,
Clemens