Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-41,: Re: Kernel OSS vs ALSA

# Re: Kernel OSS vs ALSA

Simon Kirby (sim@netnation.com)
Fri, 15 Oct 1999 12:18:07 -0700

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On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 08:27:38PM +0200, Gabor Lenart wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 02:08:02PM -0400, Simon Kirby wrote:
> > Actually, ALSA already supports multiple open, at least on GF1 chips
> > (which, might I mention, were _so_ far ahead of their time (1991-92 or
> > so? Mine GUS Classic says (C) 1992)). I can just run multiple MP3
> > players, realaudio clients, etc. using the existing OSS interface), at
> > the same time, and everything works fine. Granted, other cards would
>
> GUS is a good piece of hw I think too ;-) Is it true for GUS MAX too ?
> I tried to do similar thing but it did not work for me ;-(
> [alsa 0.4.1b]

I believe so. Note that the "insert" script and the module defaults
might not default to "enabling" this feature (by limiting the number of
PCM channels to 2 by default). Try loading the snd-card-xxx module with
the parameter "snd_pcm_voices=8" (where the "8" can be a number higher
than 2).

Simon-

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