[Voyage-linux] Please include M2Tech hiFace USB to SPDIF converter driver

[Michael Trimarchi]

Hi

Roberto Grossi <grossi at di.unipi.it> ha scritto:

>Dear Punky,
>
>I partially disagree... while I understand your point on ALSA, I do not
>see
>why you cannot let people that can compile the kernel module to do this
>by
>themselves. I had no problems with ubuntu for example. If you see a
>couple
>of my previous posts (e.g. that of Mon Nov 5 12:15:13 HKT 2012), I
>downloaded your source tree code but it was bugged since it did not
>allowed
>to compile kernel modules:
>
>change the content of
>
>   /usr/src/linux-source-3.2.17-voyage/include/generated/utsrelease.h
>as
>   #define UTS_RELEASE "3.2.17-voyage"
>
>
>To sum up:
>
>- ok to ask the author of the hiface1 driver to integrate it into ALSA
>- please let us put into conditions of compiling kernel modules by
>themselves (I'm using mpdpup for this reason)
>

I already contact alsa people. So please let me a couple of days because I'm busy

Michael

>Thanks
>Roberto
>
>
>
>On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Punky Tse <punkytse at punknix.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> While it is technically possible to include the hiface driver to
>Voyage
>> MPD, I prefer to not do so.
>>
>> For out-of-tree kernel driver like this one, it will get unmaintained
>and
>> be incompatible when the times goes by, after new Linux kernel is
>released.
>>  If I include this driver now, it is a short term solution to satisfy
>> user's need and is not sustainable.  It also gives false perception
>to
>> users that the driver will be supported by Voyage MPD forever.
>>
>> My recommendation to this is to ask the driver author to contact ALSA
>> community to include his work to ALSA and Linux kernel ASAP. Then the
>> driver would get long term support automatically.  When Voyage MPD
>get
>> updated to a newer kernel (as always be), the driver will be included
>> automatically.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Punky
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/30/2012 1:59 PM, 이용훈 wrote:
>>
>>> I need that Voyage MPD supports the M2Tech hiFace USB to SPDIF
>converter
>>>
>>> Many hiFace user use Voyage Mpd
>>>
>>> Please include M2Tech hiFace USB to SPDIF converter driver to Voyage
>Mpd
>>>
>>> Here is driver source
>>>
>>>  
>https://github.com/panicking/**snd-usb-asyncaudio/wiki<https://github.com/panicking/snd-usb-asyncaudio/wiki>
>>>
>>>  --
>>
>> Regards,
>> Kim-man "Punky" Tse
>>
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