Hi Clemens, Thanks much for the fixes and your reply. I'll 'cvs update' alsa for the fixed ice1712. When I've got time, I'll apply your patches and try the usb midisport 8x8. Do you see any advantage to using a pci card or usb; is interupt overhead lower in one or the other, etc, etc,? My system is almost exclusively jack and its clients so the kernel is patched for lowlatency, preemption and capabilities. ron --- Clemens Ladisch <clemens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > R Parker wrote: > > I've run into problems with my audiophile 2496 > where > > the mpu401 hardware design doesn't support TX > > interupts so when spinlocks occur it causes > complete > > system lockup. Power reset required. > > This bug has now been completely fixed. You can get > the latest MPU-401 > driver from the CVS, or I can send you the files. > > > 1. I've got a midiman usb 8x8, has anyone gotten > this > > to work with the firmware from the Linux Hotplug? > I > > think this work was done by Clemens Ladisch. > > The GPL firmware on linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net > was written by Lars > Dölle, and it supports 1x1 and 2x2 devices only. For > the 8x8, you > currently need my package from > <http://www.informatik.uni-halle.de/~ladischc/midisport_linux_firmware.html>. > > > 2. If I can get the 8x8 working, this would > eliminate > > the need for an audiocard that has midi i/o. > Right? > > Yes. (And nothing prevents you from using both.) > > > HTH > Clemens > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com