[linux-audio-user] darla 20 -- update

[John Check]

On Tuesday 24 August 2004 07:21 pm, kmd wrote:
> John Check wrote:
> > On Sunday 22 August 2004 02:01 pm, Ryan Underwood wrote:
> >>On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 04:17:19PM -0400, John Check wrote:
> >>>On Saturday 21 August 2004 01:44 pm, kmd wrote:
> >>>>is anyone using a Darla 20 (echo corporation) with linux & alsa? I'm
> >>>>about to build a linux audio box that will be integrated in a studio. I
> >>>>have a darla 20 left and would like using it. the card should work with
> >>>>alsa http://xoomer.virgilio.it/g_pochini/ea.html . but the alsa page
> >>>>tells me the support has been "discontinued"
> >
> > Actually, I think it means those particular cards are discontinued.
> >
> >>>>http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/index.php?vendor=vendor-Echo_Corpo
> >>>>rati on#matrix
> >>>
> >>>Last I heard echo doesn't provide info to the device driver authors.
> >>>Check alsa-sound.org for the driver support info
> >>
> >>http://www.echoaudio.com/Downloads/Developer.php
> >>
> >>?
> >
> > Sure took 'em long enough.
>
> I managed it to hear sound with the darla20, after following the
> instructions at http://xoomer.virgilio.it/g_pochini/ea.html although i
> needed a 2.4.22 multimedia kernel (i found this in the mandrake contrib
> repository) before it would work. with a 2.6 kernel i had many
> unresolved symbol errors when modprobing the module. need to check more
> on the soundcard, but i guess i need some sleep now.
>
> kmd

I'm clueless WRT how mandrake patches their kernels, but a vanilla kernel with 
preempt & latency patches plus recent ALSA would be my strategy. YMMV.
Patched 2.4 performs better for low latency, so messing with 2.6 is not really 
the way to go, at least for now