Re: [LAD] E-MU 0404 USB [was :Re: [LAU] Linux Audio 2012: Is Linux Audio moving forward?]

From: Louigi Verona <louigi.verona@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Thu Oct 11 2012 - 22:40:51 EEST

I am absolutely ready to give feedback. The guy that I contacted wanted
money, not feedback.

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 11:26 PM, Patrick Shirkey <
pshirkey@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

>
> On Fri, October 12, 2012 12:31 am, Louigi Verona wrote:
> > Speaking of hardware drivers, long time ago I wrote this article on
> > E-MU 0404 USB:
> >
> http://www.louigiverona.ru/?page=projects&s=writings&t=linux&a=linux_emu0404usb
> >
> > For a long time it was my mostly read article. Some people theorized
> > that it is possible to make the soundcard working, but my tests have
> > concluded
> > that it is surely impossible without voodoo spells.
> >
> > Is there any system solution to these kind of things, when the specs are
> > available,
> > but nobody cares?
> >
>
> In this situation you will make progress by joining the alsa-devel mailing
> list and offering to Q/A, debug and report back on results of any code
> updates. If you are prepared to put in some effort it will not take too
> long to make some real progress.
>
> For driver development on "new" alsa drivers you have to be prepared to be
> actively involved. You can't expect the alsa developers to make updates if
> no one is giving them any useful feedback. Otherwise you could offer to
> send the device to someone on the list and have them work on it. But that
> takes out all the fun of the Q/A process and you'll probably get better
> results if you have two people debugging and testing than one.
>
>
>
> --
> Patrick Shirkey
> Boost Hardware Ltd
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Louigi Verona
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