Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] good intro article on mLAN
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Feb 16 2001 - 17:59:38 EET
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 10:26:59AM -0500, Paul Barton-Davis wrote:
> >I've toyed with trying to get a developers board or mlan mixer expansion
> >card from yamaha and writing an alsa driver a couple of times, but I
> >don't want to make a bad job of it, and alsa seems extremely complicated.
>
> actually, writing a low-level driver for ALSA is really rather
> simple. the nice thing about the design of the whole system is that
OK, well thats more encouraging. I'm pretty sure I can write a thing that
talks A+M PCM data to and from a 1394 port with libraw1394. I've
been trying to absorb 1394 and mLAN docs in 'spare' moments.
> at the risk of burning more of my copious free time, i'd be extremely
> happy to help out with this effort in any way i can. i was visibly
> upset that yamaha has already written an ASIO driver for mLAN; the
> kudos and recognition Linux could get if we have an ALSA mLAN driver
> ready to go within a short time would be immense. i mean, can you
> imagine the implications of running a (working) version of ardour with
> mLAN ?
Yes, this would definatly be a good advert for linux audio, and note
that Yamaha only wrote ASIO drivers for MacOS. I spoke to a Yamaha
hardware guy at a trade show last year and he said that Yam were planning
to let windows driver people fight it out amongst themselves FWIW.
I think I will contact Yamaha, and see if they are willing to help.
- Steve
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