On Thu, 07 Sep 2023 18:52:40 +0200, Randy Li wrote: > > Hello All > > I am trying to refresh the ttymidi project, I have sent the merge > request to support the midi baudrate. > > The problem is the sound card in my PC is too new that it doesn't have > a midi input(I think the old hardware does). > > amidi -l would report: > > "cannot determine device number: Inappropriate ioctl for device" > > I think it is SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_RAWMIDI_NEXT_DEVICE won't work here. > > Could I still use snd_seq_open() to create a midi client to the > system's sound card. > > Or I should try something different to make midi input work? The situation isn't really clear to me, just a wild guess: you're running a sequencer client and want to expose it as a (virtual) MIDI device that is accessed via rawmidi API? If so, you can use snd-virmidi driver and bind a sequencer client:port to a virtual rawmidi device. Takashi
