[linux-audio-dev] crazy idea...

[torbenh at gmx.de]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 03:27:02PM -0700, Stephen Hassard wrote:
> Hey Lee,
> 
> I was thinking about this a little bit and it's probably easier than it 
> sounds.
> 
> I thought that Alsa already supported MC97 based AMR modems? It looks 
> like it does with the SND_INTEL8X0M module ..
> 
> Also, you wouldn't have to worry about injecting stuff into the 
> networking layer since modems are just character devices in linux.
> 
> The only real part would be the DSP stuff. Their might be some other 
> projects to do this kind of stuff already ..

the slmodemd is already a user space app.
and it has an alsa mode already. though it did not work when i tested
it.

> 
> later,
> Steve
> 
> Lee Revell wrote:
> >I had the idea the other day that you could theoretically implement a
> >Winmodem driver as a JACK client.  All you would need is an ALSA driver
> >that exposes the hardware part of the modem as a sound card, a mechanism
> >to inject the resulting bits back into the kernel networking layer, and
> >the DSP knowledge to implement a software modem...
> >
> >This is almost completely pointless, but might be an interesting CS
> >project.
> >
> >Lee
> >
> 

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