--- On Wed, 2/17/10, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando(a)ccrma.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
From: Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
<nando(a)ccrma.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Re: [LAD] 2.6.31.x vs. rme vs. alsa 1.0.22?
To: "Raphaël Doursenaud" <rdoursenaud(a)free.fr>
Cc: linux-audio-dev(a)lists.linuxaudio.org
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 3:53 PM
On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 06:30 +0100,
Raphaël Doursenaud wrote:
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Le 17/02/2010 02:58, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano a écrit
:
> Hey, has anyone been seeing strange behavior
from
this combination?
>
> kernel 2.6.31.x rt20 + alsa
1.0.22 userland
> RME card (pcmcia card +
multiface)
>
> hdspmixer is not doing the right thing (does not
initialize the card in
> a way in which playback works), it does not
see
the hwdep interface (or
> something like that) and disables metering,
alsamixer even segfaults
> when I reach the end of the controls listed.
Plain weird. Smells like
> something changed deep in the kernel that
makes
alsa-lib very unhappy.
> Alsa-tools rebuilt from source does not make
a
difference.
>
> Weirdness goes away when I boot into 2.6.29.6
rt23...
>
> Is there anything in alsa-* that depends on which
_kernel_ is available
at
compile time?
Hi,
I'm actually using a similar combination on my gentoo
without problem
(PCI card).
AFAIK the only difference between 2.6.30 and 2.6.31
for the hdsp is a
patch I made allowing the firmware to be built
inside
the kernel. It
should not have this kind of side-effect.
The difference is between 2.6.29 and > 2.6.29 (I tested
with 31 but at
least another of my users is having a problem with 30).
Firmware seems to be loading fine.
I'll check on my notebook with the PCMCIA
card as soon
as I can.
Thanks, would be good to know.
If you're using a custom built kernel you
might want
to try with the
firmware built-in.
It does not look like it is the firmware, I think that when
the firmware
does not load the card does not even appear in alsa. The
problem I'm
seeing is userland confused about what the kernel can do
(or at least it
appears to be that way). Very weird.
-- Fernando
could it be the PCMCIA part ? I have the PCI version and both 2.6.31.x and 2.6.32 are
working as they should with my RME HDSP and Multiface II.
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