Re: [alsa-devel] Support for SAM9407?
Hi Pieter,
Are you interested in joining the FFADO project? (short into: FFADO = new FreeBoB = drivers for FireWire Audio Interfaces / www.ffado.org).
I have absolutely zero experience in firewire audio and firewire in general to be honest, but the project does sound interesting.
To be frank/direct here, I think that ALSA is better 'completed' with FFADO support than with driver support for obsolete cards. But of course I'm a little biased here :).
Be as Frank as you want, I totally agree with you :) The thing is, I have limited time and experience (I have written one ALSA driver). Although supporting older hardware doesn't bring a whole lot to the project, it does provide me with a training ground so I can be of greater use in the future. I can work at my own pace on an area that nobody else will be working on. I can improve my skills without stepping on other people's toes.
Your project sounds interesting but I don't feel I have the knowledge to keep up on a project like this. This is why I'm messing around with this stuff, so that I can do some 'real work' some day soon ;)
regards, Ash
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Ash Willis wrote:
Hi Pieter,
Are you interested in joining the FFADO project? (short into: FFADO = new FreeBoB = drivers for FireWire Audio Interfaces / www.ffado.org).
I have absolutely zero experience in firewire audio and firewire in general to be honest, but the project does sound interesting.
You don't need any FireWire experience, because libffado abstracts everything FireWire from the user (in this case user = ALSA plugin).
To be frank/direct here, I think that ALSA is better 'completed' with FFADO support than with driver support for obsolete cards. But of course I'm a little biased here :).
Be as Frank as you want, I totally agree with you :) The thing is, I have limited time and experience (I have written one ALSA driver). Although supporting older hardware doesn't bring a whole lot to the project, it does provide me with a training ground so I can be of greater use in the future. I can work at my own pace on an area that nobody else will be working on. I can improve my skills without stepping on other people's toes.
ALSA support for FFADO is not being done by anyone currenlty, so no toes to step on there.
If you already have written one ALSA driver, you already have the experience required I guess. The ALSA support take the form of an ALSA plugin, which should be easier to write than a driver. In any case it is userspace, so no kernel oops'es.
Your project sounds interesting but I don't feel I have the knowledge to keep up on a project like this. This is why I'm messing around with this stuff, so that I can do some 'real work' some day soon ;)
I think you do... I think I was at about the same level as you are now when Daniel and I started FreeBoB. We do this to learn, and as long as nobody else steps up, nobody has the right to criticize you. And over the 3 year's we're already working on this, there hasn't been anyone stepping up for the ALSA support. So I guess you're clear :).
Again, it would be very nice if you could join us. You would make a difference for a lot of people.
Greets,
Pieter
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