[linux-audio-user] Re: [Alsa-user] VxPocket and hotplug - need help getting it working

[Takashi Iwai]

At Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:42:17 +0100,
Asbjørn Sæbø wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 06:40:48PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > At Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:31:06 -0500,
> > Lee Revell wrote:
> 
> > > > On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 12:02:56PM +0100, Asbjørn Sæbø wrote:
> > > > > I am trying to get a Digigram VxPocket sound card working, and really
> > > > > need some advice on how to proceed.
> 
> > > > In addition to what I have done before (see below), I have now created a 
> > > > /etc/pcmcia/vxpocket.conf according to the description at the bottom of 
> > > > the alsa-project page for the vxpocket card.  And I have added the 
> > > > necessary lines to /etc/modutils/alsa-base, and run update-modules.
> > > 
> > > IIRC these require firmware, is alsa-firmware installed?
> > > 
> > > Any chance you can try a recent distro?  Kernel 2.6.12 is a year old...
> > 
> > ... and there were some bugs in vx driver, too.
> > 
> > I recommend to update ALSA driver, at least.  Though, I cannot
> > guarantee that it works with that kernel :)
> 
> 
> OK, I will try to lay may hands on a newer kernel and a newer ALSA.
> 
> But could you please explain, or point me to documentation on,  how 
> hotplug and pcmcia-cs works together?
> 
> As far as I know, 2.6 kernels use the hotplug system.  Does this 
> hotplug system work together with with pcmcia-cs and the cardmgr 
> program?  Or do they conflict?  Or are they alternative solutions to 
> each other?

With the recent 2.6 kernels, you need no longer cardmgr.  The whole
thing is integrated to hotplug properly.


> And especially, how does the hotplug system identify the vxpocket card?  
> And, is the /etc/pcmcia/vxpocket.conf still needed/used?

No.  The driver has a proper entry, and calls request_firmware() to
load the firmware binary files by itself.


Takashi