[linux-audio-user] alsa client numbering
Clemens Ladisch
clemens at ladisch.de
Tue Apr 18 10:51:44 EDT 2006
Chris Cannam wrote:
> On Monday 17 Apr 2006 13:46, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> > The client numbering scheme was reorganized in ALSA 1.0.11rc1 because
> > there were too many unused reserved numbers and not enough free
> > numbers for more than eight cards.
>
> Incidentally this unannounced change broke Rosegarden 1.0. Rosegarden
> relies on the client numbers to determine whether a port is system,
> hardware or software -- there are significant functional differences
> between the types of port,
What are those differences?
> and I see no other way to find out which type a port is -- if there is
> one, I'd dearly like to know.
snd_seq_client_info_get_type()
Regards,
Clemens
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