From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263037AbTDFRPu (for ); Sun, 6 Apr 2003 13:15:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263038AbTDFRPu (for ); Sun, 6 Apr 2003 13:15:50 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:63118 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263037AbTDFRPt (for ); Sun, 6 Apr 2003 13:15:49 -0400 Subject: Re: Kernel support for 24-bit sound From: Alan Cox To: Pigeon Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030406162301.GA1364@pigeon.pigeonloft> References: <20030406162301.GA1364@pigeon.pigeonloft> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1049646540.1349.4.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 06 Apr 2003 17:29:01 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sul, 2003-04-06 at 17:23, Pigeon wrote: > I am trying to add support for the 24-bit S/PDIF input mode of my > CMI8738 sound card to the cmpci.c driver of kernel 2.4.20. 2.4.21pre -ac and I think now base trees have 24bit support in the core code included and support for 24bit USB devices added. OSS doesn't really think happily in 24bit mode and the apps don't know about it either. The ALSA layer in 2.5.x is a rather nicer replacement without a lot of the limitations