[linux-audio-user] Re: Re: Gentoo: Alsa/Snd-usb-audio not working anymore

David Causse nomoa at wanadoo.fr
Wed Nov 8 07:40:17 EST 2006


On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 10:17:27AM +0100, Atte André Jensen wrote:
> David Causse wrote:
> 
> >IMHO card number should be static and setup by system conf (index=xx
> >module option), that sounds much cleaner to me.
> 
> This is not possible in this case as far as I understood it. It's a
> decision from the kernel guys to change device number of practically
> everything. It includes stuff like "Midi Through".
> 
> I use (or used to use) static device numbers setup via 
> /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base, but in my scripting I now totally avoid 
> devise numbers (for instance when connecting alsa clients). Using names 
> or program some logic that looks for substrings in names instead, have 
> proven to be much more robust.

What about the usb-audio vid/pid options to determine the devices order?

David.




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