RE: [linux-audio-dev] Re: image problem [was Re: [Alsa-devel] help for a levelmeter]

[Patrick Shirkey]

> this is what's on the page:

>Creative Labs | Soundblaster Live Platinum | EMU10K1 | Install | >(4)[A][B]

> bottom of the page:
>
>(4) Hardware mixing supported
>
>...
>
>NOTE: Just because an I/O is listed does NOT mean it is guaranteed to >be supported. Please check the mailing
>list archives before making purchase decisions based on requirements >forIEC958 or ADAT I/O.

>[A] IEC958 RCA Input
>[B] IEC958 RCA Output

>which does not have a lot of informational value (I know what it does >not mean but what does it mean?) and it definitely does not imply there >is a problem of getting the docs to support certain functionality.

Hmm. It has a certain informational value although I will concede that when I started getting into alsa these comments were cryptic for me then. They assume a certain level of knowledge is known when referring to the notes.

I'll try to think of a way to word it for users who may not have the requisite knowledge.

Apart from that at the top of the page it's explicitely stated that some companies have not provided the required docs to enable support for a device. I have always noticed those comments however it may just be my angle on things. I have made some changes to the matrix to be more obvious that even if we have the docs we may not have all the necessary parts. Although I would've thought that most people already know that about Linux hardware support.

As you know the known bugs section in the driver notes gives explicit information about things that we know do not work. I'll look making a form for adding specifically to this file.

I would like to do that and also make it easier for people to post info about supported devices. I have most of the work done but not finished yet. As it is I currently stay up to 6:00 in the morning many nights of the month. I'm lucky though as I only have to work 16 hours a week in my paying job. I could be working many more hours but have made the decision to sacrifice some of my current earnings in order to build Boost Hardware and DJCJ. Along the way I have also picked up the alsa website :)



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