FreeLists / openbeos-midi / [openbeos-midi] Re: Update (and SBLive midi tester wanted!)

["Philippe Houdoin" <philippe.houdoin@xxxxxxx>]

Greg Crain wrote:
> I started writing the module ages ago.  I recently revisited it, and 
> have it compiling.  I am going to work on debugging it this weekend on 
my AWE64.  

That would be a great news !

> There's still a few things that I am not 100% sure about.  

The undocumented workarounds flag in the generic=5Fmpu401=5Fmodule 
create=5Fdevice() call, maybe=3F
:-\ 

> It's probably only days away from getting it to work with one card, 
> but if threes two or more cards in a system, I'm not sure how the 
> module is supposed to work.  
> Is the module copied for each sound card, or is the module only 
> loaded once and all cards share it=3F 
> I'm not that familiar how modules are used. 

Kernel modules are load on demand, and when more than one driver or 
other module call get=5Fmodule() on it, he's shared between us, yes.
However, each generic=5Fmpu401=5Fmodule "client" should call 
create=5Fdevice() first, and pass in void **out=5Fstorage argument a place 
to keep 
an "handle" to client specific data. That way the MPU401 module attach, 
with client help, each specific module "client" (aka sound card driver) 
data...
 
> Is the midi=5Fparser even used=3F

Good question!
I guess his purpose is to help midi driver coders to implement in their 
driver a read() hook that return full, valid, MIDI event bytes, as the 
midi=5Fserver expect to get at least one event per read() call.
 
> Also- is there anyone on this list that has an SBLive and midi 
> interface that wants to test a midi port driver=3F 

Well, me. 
But I would have reconnect my MIDI keyboard to the sound card...

>  I was also working on an add-on driver for the SBLive.  For the 
> SBLive I was talking right to the midi server, so what I learned is 
almost a cut-n-> paste to the module.

Looks interesting!

-Philippe

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