19 Mar
2005
19 Mar
'05
8:36 p.m.
Dear list,
this is a bit complicated, due to big/little endian issues, perhaps.
I am trying to load the firmware into my hdsp pcmcia card.
I am getting the fifo timeout:
peter:~# hdsploader
hdsploader - firmware loader for RME Hammerfall DSP cards
Looking for HDSP + Multiface or Digiface cards :
Card 0 : PowerMac Screamer Rev 0
Card 1 : RME Hammerfall DSP at 0xf3000000, irq 58
Upload firmware for card hw:1
Hwdep ioctl error on card hw:1 : Input/output error.
I am using debian testing, running a 2.6.8 kernel with manually compiled
1.0.8 alsa drivers on a G3 powerpc laptop.
cardbus version is 11 (rev 0b)
the card is loadable out of osx.
i am stuck here, and don't know what to do now.
any suggestions are very welcome!
thanks,
Peter
20 Mar
20 Mar
5:22 a.m.
Dear list,
this is a bit complicated, due to big/little endian issues, perhaps. I
am trying to load the firmware into my hdsp pcmcia card.
I am getting the fifo timeout:
peter:~# hdsploader
hdsploader - firmware loader for RME Hammerfall DSP cards
Looking for HDSP + Multiface or Digiface cards :
Card 0 : PowerMac Screamer Rev 0
Card 1 : RME Hammerfall DSP at 0xf3000000, irq 58
Upload firmware for card hw:1
Hwdep ioctl error on card hw:1 : Input/output error.
I am using debian testing, running a 2.6.8 kernel with manually compiled
1.0.8 alsa drivers on a G3 powerpc laptop.
cardbus version is 11 (rev 0b)
the card is loadable out of osx.
i am stuck here, and don't know what to do now.
any suggestions are very welcome!
thanks,
Peter
Hi Peter,
From 1.0.8 on, the new method for uploading the firmare
is through hotplug
and the kernel generic firmware loading mechanism (if compiled
in). You
shouldn't have to use hdsploader anymore. Anyway you should definitely use
CVS or the 1.0.9 RCs, as there were significant problems with the hdsp
driver in 1.0.8 that have been fixed since then (firmware loading,
endianness issues, metering).
Thomas
21 Mar
21 Mar
6:01 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: alsa hdsp and oss emulation
Hi Thomas, der list!
Thanks for the information, i did an upgrade to a 2.6.11-5 kernel, and
got alsa-drivers and -tools from the alsa-snapshots page, version
1.0.9rc1. I of course enabled the hotplug-fw-loader in the kernel.
after one reboot, the card worked, even when going to computer suspend
mode(!) and at re-inserting the card.
But after i had one computer crash (i was unplugging the powersupply off
the mutiface, the hotplug_fw loader is unable to load the card at
boot-time, giving:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Linux Kernel Card Services
options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0001:10:1a.0 [0000:0000]
Yenta: Enabling burst memory read transactions
Yenta: Using CSCINT to route CSC interrupts to PCI
Yenta: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI
Yenta TI: socket 0001:10:1a.0, mfunc 0x00000002, devctl 0x60
Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0000, PCI irq 58
Socket status: 30000069
PCI: Enabling device 0001:11:00.0 (0080 -> 0082)
ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394'
ALSA
/usr/local/src/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc1/alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:775:
Hammerfall-DSP: wait for FIFO status <= 0 failed after 30 iterations
ALSA
/usr/local/src/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc1/alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:656:
Hammerfall-DSP: loading firmware
ALSA
/usr/local/src/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc1/alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:694:
Hammerfall-DSP: finished firmware loading
ALSA
/usr/local/src/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc1/alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:775:
Hammerfall-DSP: wait for FIFO status <= 127 failed after 5000 iterations
ALSA
/usr/local/src/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc1/alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:4852:
Hammerfall-DSP: Error setting default values
ALSA
/usr/local/src/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc1/alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:4948:
Hammerfall-DSP: error creating alsa devices
ALSA
/usr/local/src/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc1/alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:5059:
Hammerfall-DSP: couldn't get firmware from userspace. try using hdsploader
ALSA
/usr/local/src/alsa-driver-1.0.9rc1/alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:5066:
Hammerfall-DSP: card initialization pending : waiting for firmware
RME Hammerfall DSP: probe of 0001:11:00.0 failed with error -16
-------------------------------------------------------------------
lspci sees the card, manually running hdsploader gives:
user@gonzo:/usr/local/src$ hdsploader
hdsploader - firmware loader for RME Hammerfall DSP cards
Looking for HDSP + Multiface or Digiface cards :
Card 0 : PowerMac Screamer Rev 0
(not seeing the card)
i am fairly stuck here, any help would be appreciated!
Thomas Charbonnel wrote:
Dear list,
this is a bit complicated, due to big/little endian issues, perhaps. I
am trying to load the firmware into my hdsp pcmcia card.
I am getting the fifo timeout:
peter:~# hdsploader
hdsploader - firmware loader for RME Hammerfall DSP cards
Looking for HDSP + Multiface or Digiface cards :
Card 0 : PowerMac Screamer Rev 0
Card 1 : RME Hammerfall DSP at 0xf3000000, irq 58
Upload firmware for card hw:1
Hwdep ioctl error on card hw:1 : Input/output error.
I am using debian testing, running a 2.6.8 kernel with manually compiled
1.0.8 alsa drivers on a G3 powerpc laptop.
cardbus version is 11 (rev 0b)
the card is loadable out of osx.
i am stuck here, and don't know what to do now.
any suggestions are very welcome!
thanks,
Peter
Hi Peter,
From 1.0.8 on, the new method for uploading the firmare is through hotplug
and the kernel generic firmware loading mechanism (if compiled in). You
shouldn't have to use hdsploader anymore. Anyway you should definitely use
CVS or the 1.0.9 RCs, as there were significant problems with the hdsp
driver in 1.0.8 that have been fixed since then (firmware loading,
endianness issues, metering).
Thomas
7:04 p.m.
Thomas Charbonnel writes:
Well, unfortunately I'm not seeing a change yet on my Opteron box using
the PCI interface card.
Firmware loading still requiring hdsploader, even thgouh hotplug is
enabled.
Also, I'm unable to dmix, or alsamixer.
This is with ALSA 1.0.9 RC1.
From 1.0.8 on,
the new method for uploading the firmare is through hotplug
and the kernel generic
firmware loading mechanism (if compiled in). You
shouldn't have to use hdsploader anymore. Anyway you should definitely use
CVS or the 1.0.9 RCs, as there were significant problems with the hdsp
driver in 1.0.8 that have been fixed since then (firmware loading,
endianness issues, metering).
Thomas
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8:44 p.m.
Janina Sajka wrote :
Well, unfortunately I'm not seeing a change yet on
my Opteron box using
the PCI interface card.
Firmware loading still requiring hdsploader, even thgouh hotplug is
enabled.
Hi Janina,
This can happen if you compiled the driver in kernel and hotplug (which
is userspace) is not available when the card is initialized. I'm working
on a more robust solution to this problem at the moment.
Also, I'm unable to dmix, or alsamixer.
Dmix should work, please report this to alsa-devel.
Alsamixer can't be used with the card yet. I have a plan to make this
possible, but it's not ready yet. In the meantime you can use amixer in
a command-line only environment.
Thomas
10:07 p.m.
Hi, Thomas:
thomas charbonnel writes:
OK. I think my hesitancy is about whether I have an appropriate
.asoundrc. So, let me ask more generically. A command like:
aplay -D dmix:SLAVE=\"hw:0,0\",RATE=44100 [file.wav]
should work, yes?
Janina Sajka wrote :
I take this statement back. I've recompiled alsa-driver-1.0.9RC1 and can
now restart alsa using using the old CCRMA script in /etc/init.d and it
DOES get the hdsp firmware loaded, despite the error. Very nice.
#service alsasound restart
Shutting down sound driver [ OK ]
Starting sound driver snd-hdsp [ OK ]
Starting sound driver snd-hdsp [ OK ]
Starting sequencer [ OK ]
Starting sequencer driver snd-seq-midi [ OK ]
Restoring sound driver settings /usr/sbin/alsactl: load_state:1272: No
soundcards found...
[FAILED]
Running hdspmixer resets levels OK.
Well, unfortunately I'm not seeing a change
yet on my Opteron box using
the PCI interface card.
Firmware loading still requiring hdsploader, even thgouh hotplug is
enabled.
Hi Janina,
This can happen if you compiled the driver in kernel and hotplug (which
is userspace) is not available when the card is initialized. I'm working
on a more robust solution to this problem at the moment. Also, I'm unable to dmix, or alsamixer.
Dmix should work, please report this to alsa-devel. Alsamixer can't be used with the card yet. I have
a plan to make this
possible, but it's not ready yet. In the meantime you can use amixer in
a command-line only environment.
Thank you. I can certainly work with amixer. I appreciate the
consideration, too.
Thomas
--
Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040
Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com
Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG)
janina(a)freestandards.org http://a11y.org
If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.
5 Apr
5 Apr
7:27 p.m.
Hi Thomas!
Thanks for your reply!
I have now tested alsa-drivers-1.0.9rc1 with hotplug support in the
kernel, but without success. When i boot into OSX, load the firmware
there, and do a warm-reboot into debian, the card works, even
reinserting and putting the computer into sleep mode doesn't stop the
card from working.
But after a coldboot into debian, the card remains uninitialized, giving
the same error as described below.
I am fairly stuck here.
Thanks for _any_ help.
Peter
Thomas Charbonnel wrote:
Dear list,
this is a bit complicated, due to big/little endian issues, perhaps. I
am trying to load the firmware into my hdsp pcmcia card.
I am getting the fifo timeout:
peter:~# hdsploader
hdsploader - firmware loader for RME Hammerfall DSP cards
Looking for HDSP + Multiface or Digiface cards :
Card 0 : PowerMac Screamer Rev 0
Card 1 : RME Hammerfall DSP at 0xf3000000, irq 58
Upload firmware for card hw:1
Hwdep ioctl error on card hw:1 : Input/output error.
I am using debian testing, running a 2.6.8 kernel with manually compiled
1.0.8 alsa drivers on a G3 powerpc laptop.
cardbus version is 11 (rev 0b)
the card is loadable out of osx.
i am stuck here, and don't know what to do now.
any suggestions are very welcome!
thanks,
Peter
Hi Peter,
From 1.0.8 on, the new method for uploading the firmare is through hotplug
and the kernel generic firmware loading mechanism (if compiled in). You
shouldn't have to use hdsploader anymore. Anyway you should definitely use
CVS or the 1.0.9 RCs, as there were significant problems with the hdsp
driver in 1.0.8 that have been fixed since then (firmware loading,
endianness issues, metering).
Thomas
6 Apr
6 Apr
7:42 a.m.
peter plessas wrote :
I have now tested alsa-drivers-1.0.9rc1 with hotplug
support in the
kernel, but without success. When i boot into OSX, load the firmware
there, and do a warm-reboot into debian, the card works, even
reinserting and putting the computer into sleep mode doesn't stop the
card from working.
But after a coldboot into debian, the card remains uninitialized, giving
the same error as described below.
(...)
>>
>>peter:~# hdsploader
>>hdsploader - firmware loader for RME Hammerfall DSP cards
>>Looking for HDSP + Multiface or Digiface cards :
>>Card 0 : PowerMac Screamer Rev 0
>>Card 1 : RME Hammerfall DSP at 0xf3000000, irq 58
>>Upload firmware for card hw:1
>>Hwdep ioctl error on card hw:1 : Input/output error.
>>
>>I am using debian testing, running a 2.6.8 kernel with manually compiled
>> 1.0.8 alsa drivers on a G3 powerpc laptop.
>>
>>cardbus version is 11 (rev 0b)
>>
>>the card is loadable out of osx.
>>
Hi Peter,
I would need a little more information.
Could you please post the output of 'dmesg | grep Hammerfall', and
verify to be sure the alsa version your kernel is running
(cat /proc/asound/version).
Are your drivers compiled in kernel or as modules ?
Thomas
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