Paul Davis wrote: >>This is a multi-part message in MIME format... >> >> > >AKA: This is a message in which the content is about 2% of the message >body :) > > > >>I'm trying to get some specs from midiman for the usb quattro. They have asked >>this question. Can anyone fill me in so I can relay the info? >> >> > > > >>Is there "class driver" support under Linux? >> >> > >I suspect he means something like "audio class", "printer class", >etc. The answer is yes, sort of. What we have right now is a single >USB audio driver for OSS that attempts to implement the audio class >and also contains the inevitable long list of per-device hacks needed >to work around the fact that almost no manufacturer fully complies >with the class specification. > >However, its for OSS, which is a problem, and we don't yet have a USB >framework for ALSA worked out, which is even more of a problem. Its >still unclear at this point whether the ALSA framework will be: > > application<->alsa-lib<->alsa-driver<->low-level-ALSA-USB-class-driver > >OR > > application<->alsa-lib<->low-level-non-ALSA-USB-class-driver > >the first one is easier to write, the second one is more flexible. > >--p > > Is the biggest problem the need to get alsa to accept Plugable hardware. E.g. USB. Does the current alsa architecture allow for hot plug and remove of sound hardware ?
Cheers James > > _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
