[Isisalsa-devel] Driver release beta2

[Pieter P. <pie...@st...>]

Hi all,


I have corrected the compilation problems of Felipe. The new version at 
sourceforge.net should compile with gcc2.96.

I have also added preliminary MIDI support to the driver:
- The MIDI connectors on the breakout box are (by hardware) connected to 
the Maestro MIDI port. This port is also available on the joystick 
connector. The ALSA device name for the maestro MIDI device is "Maxi 
Studio ISIS MPU-401 (Maestro)". This midi port was already supported in 
the previous driver release.
- The SAM device contains two MIDI devices: "Maxi Studio ISIS SAM Synth" 
and "Maxi Studio ISIS SAM MIDI". The first is the internal wavetable 
synthesiser of the SAM chip. The second is the MIDI port of the SAM chip.

Note that these new midi devices aren't very usefull for now:
- I still have to write a method to upload soundbanks into the SAM 
memory, so the synth is pretty much useless (for now). But the soundbank 
stuff is so damn complicated...
- The SAM midi port isn't connected to anything on the ISIS PCB. So why 
support it you may ask... well: first of all it wasn't difficult to 
support it, because it's usage almost identical to the internal synth 
usage. And second, I plan to modify my ISIS PCB to connect the SAM midi 
port to the breakout box connectors. That way I'll have two midi ports 
available on the ISIS: one  on the breakout box (=SAM midi port) and one 
on the joystick port (=maestro midi port). The modification is pretty 
simple... I wonder why the guys at guillemot didn't do it this way... 
probably because writing a driver would be more difficult.
Don't expect these things to work yet, because I can't test them for the 
moment.

I won't be able to work on the driver from July 30 to Aug 20 because I'm 
working (actually earning some money). After that, I'll have to apply 
for a PhD scolarship, and I don't know how much time that is going to 
consume. Probably a lot. From 3sept to 26sept I'm off to Mexico...
So I guess the project is pretty much suspended until end september. I'm 
sorry. Maybe there is someone else who has some basic expierience with 
ALSA & linux drivers that can help me out?

Anyway, try the new driver,
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/isisalsa/alsa-driver-0.9.5-isis-1.tar.bz2?download

Pieter

Pieter Palmers wrote:

> Felipe Sologuren wrote:
>
>> Pieter Palmers wrote:
>>  > Hi Felipe,
>>  >
>>  > This looks like a compiler problem. Or an include file that isn't
>> present.
>>  >
>>  > First of all: what distribution do you use? and what version of gcc?
>>
>> I'm using RH 7.3 and gcc 2.96
>> I have alsa-kernel from planet-ccrma 2.4.21.1-II.acpi, but yesterday I
>> tried with 2.4.20-18.1.caps too and results was the same.
>>     Before your release I was using alsa 0.9.4 from planet and the 
>> via card
>> for trying with jack-ardour. It was uninstalling with synaptic.
>>     Today, I'am trying without via82xx onboard from bios. I don't 
>> know if
>> that is important, but maybe a hardware conflict... acpi yet... 
>
>
>
> Possibly the problem arises from the gcc version you use. I use Redhat 
> 8.0 which comes with gcc version >3. There are some differences 
> between the 2.x and 3.x versions of gcc. I haven't tested with gcc 2.96.
> I'll try and figure out the problems (& solutions) as soon as possible.
>
> Pieter
>
>
>
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