Hi again The matrix [1] lists the RPM model only under HDSPe ExpressCard, but not under HDSP Cardbus. Does it mean, that it won't work when attached to Cardbus? Is there a particular reason why Cardbus is not supported? [1] http://alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Vendor-RME Roman On Tue, 2012-01-17 at 19:30 +0100, Roman Haefeli wrote: > hi all > > I'm an owner of a RME HDSP RPM external sound card having trouble to > make it run under linux. > > My machine is running Ubuntu 11.04 (32bit) with a 2.6.38 kernel. Since > my card doesn't seem supported by the alsa driver shipped with Ubuntu, I > compiled alsa-driver and alsa-tools from the git repository: > > ./gitcompile --with-oss=no --with-sequencer=yes --with-kernel=/usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r) --with-cards=hdsp,hda-intel > > Compilation was successful. > > When I insert the cardbus with attached iobox, I get the following > messages in /var/log/kern.log (the same as with the module shipped with > the ubuntu kernel): > > Jan 17 18:23:09 yoyo5 kernel: [ 18.263091] ALSA hdsp.c:857 Hammerfall-DSP: wait for FIFO status <= 0 failed after 30 iterations > Jan 17 18:23:09 yoyo5 kernel: [ 18.266127] ALSA hdsp.c:857 Hammerfall-DSP: wait for FIFO status <= 0 failed after 30 iterations > Jan 17 18:23:11 yoyo5 kernel: [ 19.581341] ALSA hdsp.c:718 Hammerfall-DSP: loading firmware > Jan 17 18:23:11 yoyo5 kernel: [ 20.087189] ALSA hdsp.c:857 Hammerfall-DSP: wait for FIFO status <= 0 failed after 5000 iterations > Jan 17 18:23:11 yoyo5 kernel: [ 20.087193] ALSA hdsp.c:724 Hammerfall-DSP: timeout waiting for download preparation > Jan 17 18:23:11 yoyo5 kernel: [ 20.087195] ALSA hdsp.c:5512 Hammerfall-DSP: couldn't get firmware from userspace. try using hdsploader > Jan 17 18:23:11 yoyo5 kernel: [ 20.087199] ALSA hdsp.c:5518 Hammerfall-DSP: card initialization pending : waiting for firmware > > When I do what is suggested, hdsploader (from git) gives me: > > $ hdsploader > hdsploader - firmware loader for RME Hammerfall DSP cards > Looking for HDSP + Multiface or Digiface cards : > Card 0 : HDA Intel at 0xfe220000 irq 49 > Card 1 : RME Hammerfall DSP at 0x80000000, irq 16 > Upload firmware for card hw:1 > Hwdep ioctl error on card hw:1 : Device or resource busy. > > At this point, I have no idea what to try next. Is it supposed to work > at all? Btw: I seem to have the correct firmware installed at the > correct place. When I remove it, I get a different error when invoking > hdsploader. > > Also, when I upload the firmware to the iobox from a Windows machine and > then insert the cardbus into my linux box, the soundcard works and I can > use 'hdspmixer' with the correct number of channels. It seems the only > part missing for full support under linux is uploading the firmware. Has > anyone succeeded in uploading the firmware to the RPM? Having a glimpse > at the source of hdsp.c tells me that someone was already working on RPM > support. > > Thanks for any hints. > > Roman > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
