[linux-audio-user] hdsp pcmcia issues, again...

[D R Holsbeck]

Brings back memories :-(

I have had a Digiface for, a few of years now. When I first setup my
unit, I was using a pci card for the interface. Which worked pretty
well. Then I got my thinkpad, and a pcmcia card. This did not work as
well, to start with. I fought for many a night to make it work, so I
could go mobile. I made sure the firmware loaded, channels were unmuted,
the card was seen by alsa .... The reseller I purchsed the card from,
even checked out the card, found nothing wrong, and returned a different
card and a new cord, just in case. I finally ended up shipping the whole
thing to Paul, so he could see for himself. After a couple of weeks it
was discovered that the pcmcia card I had recieved, had was new version,
which did not get along with the firmware code that hdsploader was
loading. 

So I guess you should check the hardware version of the pcmcia card. Did
you buy it new recently, I would guess so. Maybe the multiface box is
causing the issue.

My symptoms were, it made sound, and if I ran it with a sample rate of
32k, it sounded ok, but not nearly up to its potential. If it was set to
any other sample rate, the sound was very garbled.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
DuWayne


On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 12:51 +1100, we are wrote:
> hi crew, this issue is probably getting boring now but i've hit it.
> 
> i am trying to get my Multiface PCMCIA card to work under linux and
> have tried many things but still a bit lost. i have it running on my
> windows setup on the same computer(another partition) without a hitch.
> for this reason i can't understnd why it would not function here in
> linux.
> 
> i am running an Asus v6800v (v6v) laptop and would really appriciate
> some advice on where to move next...
> 
> i have reached the point where alsa is set up
> 
> .....
> 
> localhost tom # cat /proc/asound/cards
> 
> 0 [DSP ]: H-DSP - Hammerfall DSP
> 
> RME Hammerfall DSP + Multiface at 0x54000000, irq 17
> 
> 1 [ICH6 ]: ICH4 - Intel ICH6
> 
> Intel ICH6 with ALC650F at 0xdffff800, irq 17
> 
> .....
> 
> lspci | grep CardBus; lspci | grep RME
> 
> 03:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b3)
> 
> 04:00.0 Multimedia audio controller: Xilinx Corporation RME Hammerfall
> DSP (rev 32)
> .....
> 
> uname -a
> 
> Linux localhost 2.6.14-gentoo-r5 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jan 17 05:35:27
> EST 2006 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.73GHz GenuineIntel
> GNU/Linux
> 
> .....
> 
> i have tried using setpci latency scripts found on this thread http :
> lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-pcmcia/2004-April/000750.html
> 
> However, i must admit i'm a really lost when it comes to this level of
> computing. so i'm stabbing in the dark and currently trying to learn
> about what all this means.
> 
> script written by Daniel Ritz
> 
> > #!/bin/sh
> 
> >
> 
> > # set lateny timers for the bridges
> 
> > CB=`lspci | grep CardBus | cut -d" " -f1`
> 
> > for i in $CB; do
> 
> > echo "setting latency timer for CB $i"
> 
> > setpci -s $i 0x0d.b=0xff > /dev/null
> 
> > setpci -s $i 0x1b.b=0xff > /dev/null
> 
> >
> 
> > # for EnE only, others should ignore it
> 
> > setpci -s $i 0xc9.b=0x06 > /dev/null
> 
> > done
> 
> this script did something but i'm not entirely sure what? pd seems to
> detect audio input but can't output,(anyone know if i need to compile
> pd with rme support to make it work.)
> 
> after doing this i can get sound but its all distortorted and
> horrible. it feels like on the right track here but i don't understand
> the jargon or where to go next with it?
> 
> ......
> 
> no problems loading hdsploader firmware
> 
> ......
> 
> localhost tom # hdsploader
> 
> hdsploader - firmware loader for RME Hammerfall DSP cards
> 
> Looking for HDSP + Multiface or Digiface cards :
> 
> Card 0 : RME Hammerfall DSP at 0x54000000, irq 17
> 
> Upload firmware for card hw:0
> 
> Firmware uploaded for card hw:0
> 
> Card 1 : Intel ICH6 with ALC650F at 0xdffff800, irq 17
> 
> ......
> 
> when trying to access change settings on hdspconf
> 
> ......
> 
> tom at localhost ~ $ hdspconf
> 
> HDSPConf 1.4 - Copyright (C) 2003 Thomas Charbonnel <thomas at undata.org>
> 
> This program comes WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
> 
> HDSPConf is free software, see the file copying for details
> 
> Looking for HDSP cards :
> 
> Card 0 : RME Hammerfall DSP + Multiface at 0x54000000, irq 17
> 
> Multiface found !
> 
> Card 1 : Intel ICH6 with ALC650F at 0xdffff800, irq 17
> 
> 1 Hammerfall DSP card found.
> 
> Error accessing ctl interface on card hw:0
> 
> .....
> 
> i have read that some people have had problems when modules are set on
> the same IRQ.
> 
> i have no idea if this is a problem as my RME cardbus, wireless
> (ipw2200), onboard sound (AC97) and Yenta are all on IRQ 17. this is
> the same in windows and my bios is pretty limiting when it comes to
> changing this stuff around.
> 
> /proc/interrupts
> 
> CPU0
> 
> 0: 700336 IO-APIC-edge timer
> 
> 1: 6148 IO-APIC-edge i8042
> 
> 9: 2885 IO-APIC-level acpi
> 
> 12: 2177 IO-APIC-edge i8042
> 
> 14: 4815 IO-APIC-edge ide0
> 
> 16: 2 IO-APIC-level uhci_hcd:usb5, ohci1394
> 
> 17: 97673 IO-APIC-level yenta, hdsp, Intel ICH6, ipw2200
> 
> 19: 0 IO-APIC-level uhci_hcd:usb4, skge
> 
> 20: 92955 IO-APIC-level ehci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb2
> 
> 21: 0 IO-APIC-level uhci_hcd:usb3
> 
> NMI: 0
> 
> LOC: 50568
> 
> ERR: 0
> 
> MIS: 0
> 
> .....
> 
> 
> 
> Any suggetions links greatly appriciated!
> 
> thanks
> 
> tom.
> 
> 
> 
> also....
> 
> have already tried pci=noacpi and acpi=off and there was no difference
> to the setups, irq and the like.
> 
> bit worried about upgrading my bios as the new asus bios for the v6 is
> apparently noisy and has fan issues..... no good for my studio...
>