[linux-audio-user] kernel 2.6.13 and layla

[Eric Dantan Rzewnicki]

On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 05:15:27PM +0000, carmen wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 05:53:08AM +0200, Marcos Guglielmetti wrote:
> > El Lun 26 Sep 2005 19:16, carmen escribi?:
> > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 03:23:18AM +0200, Marcos Guglielmetti
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hello, Does anybody knows why does the 2 laylas soundcards dont
> > > > operate here?  We have a complex problem.  Using kernel 2.6.13
> > > > form DeMuDi, the PC is really an odd one (SMP, etc.  see
> > > > pcinfo.txt)...
> > > do you have hotplug enabled in kernel, userspace hotplug utils
> > > installed, and /lib/firmware symlinked to
> > > /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware? that was my probelm with an echo card
> > > on debian.. seems to install correctly out of the box on my
> > > current OS however..
> > In that case: what should we do?
> you mean to make a Layla work? id make sure alsa-driver and
> alsa-firmware packages are installed properly, and hotplug is
> installed and enabled in the kernel. im not sure exactly why it uses
> hotplug since its not like youre hot-plugging the PCI cards! but in

hotplug handles the firmware loading. It used to be that you needed a
separate firmware loader for most cards that needed firmware loaded.

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