> I'm trying to get my new RME DSP card (pci interface and multiface) to > run on a Debian/unstable system. As alsa-tools is not packaged (yet?) I > compiled from source, which looked to my (unexperienced) eye as being > successful. > > But I always have to call hdsploader twice: > > hdsploader > hdsploader - firmware loader for RME Hammerfall DSP cards > Looking for HDSP + Multiface or Digiface cards : > Card 0 : RME Hammerfall DSP at 0xe2420000, irq 3 > Upload firmware for card hw:0 > ALSA ../../alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:677: wait for FIFO status <= 0 > failed after 30 iterations > ALSA ../../alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:3875: initializing firmware > upload ALSA ../../alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:549: loading firmware > ALSA ../../alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:677: wait for FIFO status <= 0 > failed after 5000 iterations > ALSA ../../alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:570: timeout at end of > firmware loading Hwdep ioctl error on card hw:0 : Input/output error. > > hdsploader > hdsploader - firmware loader for RME Hammerfall DSP cards > Looking for HDSP + Multiface or Digiface cards : > Card 0 : RME Hammerfall DSP at 0xe2420000, irq 3 > Upload firmware for card hw:0 > ALSA ../../alsa-kernel/pci/rme9652/hdsp.c:3875: initializing firmware > upload Firmware uploaded for card hw:0 > > Is this normal? > > BTW: I don't know if I have to be root to do that... > BTW2: As my audio system is still under construction, I cannot tell yet, > if the card is working or not. > > Any help *very much* appreciated, > Robert Epprecht >
This is a known problem, but I don't have a solution right now. It appears that sometimes (maybe always on some systems) the fifo status wait function unexpectedly fails where it shouldn't as the lights on the IO box show the firmware was correctly uploaded. The problem is that the card isn't fully initialized then (no alsa pcm or midi devices are created yet). Running hdsploader another time performs this initialization. I'll take a closer look at this. You don't have to be root to run hdsploader. Thomas ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
