First thing might be to download the free book Linux Device Drivers, it's free.
http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/ On Tuesday February 11 2003 08:34 pm, Chris Share wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I'm an amateur programmer and musician (and technical writer) familiar with > C/C++ programming on the Mac and PC. I've written a couple of apps that I'm > currently distributing as shareware. > > After reading Sound On Sound Feb 2003 article on Linux and audio/MIDI I'm > very interested in moving to this platform. I'm currently awaiting my > Debian distribution at the moment. > > However, it appears that one of the current major drawbacks of Linux is the > lack of ALSA soundcard drivers. I'm speaking here more about semi-pro and > pro products. I currently use two soundcards: > > Yamaha SW1000 > Hoontech DSP24 Value > > I'd be interested in having a go a coding a driver for one of these. > > I've never done any kernal programming and feel a bit daunted by the task > in front of me. Any suggestions on where to start would be much > appreciated. I have downloaded quite a few articles on ALSA, etc. so that > should keep me going for a while. > > Cheers, > > Chris Share > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel -- My cat's a debugger.... Potter, Lorn, "ljp" core member / Web Administrator Project OPIE- the Open Palmtop Integrated Environment http://opie.handhelds.org IRC: irc.freenode.net #opie #opie.de [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
