[linux-audio-user] hdsp multiface MIDI wont work

[Janina Sajka]

thewade writes:
> I was wondering if anyone could help me to get the midi working
> on my hammerfall multiface, at least with PD.
> My laptop\'s description, along with .config file, can be found at:
> http://www.aproximation.org/application/AMD64laptop.html
> 2.6.9-rc3-mm3-VP-T3 kernel
> AMD64 laptop
> 
I am also unable to get my Multiface working on an Opteron system using
the PCI card as the interface to the Multiface. I have tried several
kernels, and several alsa builds. I'm currently using a kernel from the
Fedora 3 test series, 2.6.9-1.640, and alsa 1.0.7RC2, including
alsa-firmware and hdsploader.

It seems the system identifies the device correctly:

lspci includes:

03:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: Xilinx Corporation RME Hammerfall
DSP (rev 0a)

lsmod |grep snd yields:

snd_hdsp               57037  0
snd_rawmidi            29413  1 snd_hdsp
snd_seq_device         10573  1 snd_rawmidi
snd_pcm_oss            59257  0
snd_mixer_oss          21313  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm               109769  2 snd_hdsp,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              28617  1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         12881  2 snd_hdsp,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep              12105  1 snd_hdsp
snd                    62089  8
snd_hdsp,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore              12257  1 snd

However, aconnect -li doesn't see it:
ALSA lib seq_hw.c:446:(snd_seq_hw_open) open /dev/snd/seq failed: No
such file or directory
can't open sequencer

Furthermore, if I stop alsa and run hdsploader by hand, I get a kernel
oops and the system, which is otherwise very stable, becomes unstable
and requires a reboot.