[riptide] [riptide-announce] New riptide-0.5lnxtbeta03041600 linux driver release

Marc Boucher marc+riptide@mbsi.ca
Thu, 17 Apr 2003 18:02:02 -0400 

Hi,

A new experimental version of the open-source Conexant (Rockwell) RipTide
Audio/Communication Controller driver for Linux is now available from

        http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/

This release includes support for RedHat 9, Mandrake 9.1,
and SuSE 8.2 kernels.  A few critical problems were also fixed.

Special thanks to Frederic.NYER@wanadoo.fr for his contributions.

The detailed list of changes is available below.

Please report any new or persisting problems.

Marc

PS: Archived copies of previous releases are available via a link
located at the bottom of the main download page.


Wed Apr 16 2003 Marc Boucher
	* Released riptide-0.5lnxtbeta03041600.

Wed Apr 16 2003 Marc Boucher
	* FAQ: major update.
	* makefile: added rule to sign rpm packages.
	* modules/rt_hw.c: RipTideSetFragment(): limit fragsize to
	MAX_FRAG_SIZE to prevent lockups when applications
	such as xmcd in CDDA playback mode request very large
	fragment sizes. (thanks to Frederic.NYER@wanadoo.fr)

Wed Apr 16 2003 Marc Boucher
	* Added pre-built binary packages for the following
	distributions/kernel versions:
		Mandrake 9.1 linux-2.4.21-0.13mdk
		Mandrake 9.0 linux-2.4.19-32mdk
		RedHat 9 linux-2.4.20-8 and -9
		RedHat 8.0 linux-2.4.18-27.8.0
		SuSE 8.2 2.4.20-4GB
	* modules/kernelcompiler.sh: updated.
	* modules/rp_cmdif.h: added parentheses to eliminate gcc warnings.

Wed Apr 16 2003 Marc Boucher
	* modules/riptidem.c: comment-out code to obtain init_mm_ptr
	since it isn't used right now and causes problems under RedHat 9.
	* modules/linux.c: #include <linux/highmem.h> for kernels >= 2.4.
	This should solve the kmap_pagetable unresolved symbol problem.
	* modules/linux.c: changed sysObj->spinlock to sysObj->lock in
	init_spinlock() and release_spinlock(). Thanks to
	Jason Anderson for reporting this problem.

Wed Apr 16 2003 Marc Boucher
	* modules/riptidem.c: incorporated bug fixes and changes
	by Frederic.NYER@wanadoo.fr:
	  - Can't change cd volume
		Line 408 should be "read = 1;"
	  - Setting video volume changes line volume
		Lines 455 and 460 should be "wId = MXMIX_VIDEO"
	  - Muting Rec Level mutes line
		Line 678 computes MXMUTE wId through "wId - MXMIX_MASTER +
		MXMUTE_MASTER" This works for any mixer input but
		MXMUX_MASTER which has a non adjacent ID
		I have added a mutewId variable which is computed earlier on.
	  - Can't set speaker (i.e. modem) volume
		It isn't linked to any mixer channed. (Actually, there is
		nothing to be done at line 372). I've linked it to MXMIX_PHONE
	  - Can't select video as record source (under kmix)
		This looks like a kmix bug. However, renaming video into line2
		makes it selectable.
		This affects the lines 140, 300, 452, 454, 457, 459, 509, 551,
		595, 652
	  - Mic and speaker should be mono
		I have added a mono variable which is set when dealing with
		speaker or mic.
		This variable makes the OSS left channel to be sent to both
		right and left hardware channels.
	  - Xine crashes at first startup
		This happens when it try to auto-probe the hardware
		capabilities. In fact, it issues a dsp ioctl
		(SNDCTL_DSP_GETODELAY) which is not implemented and which makes
		it crash.  I've added a 'printk' to be a bit more explicit
		about it. Also, the dsp ioctl handler is calling the mixer
		ioctl handler on unknown ioctl (Line 1739)... I found it
		strange and I removed it.

Wed Apr 16 2003 Marc Boucher
	* Now officially maintained and distributed by Linuxant.

Wed Dec 25 2002 Marc Boucher
	* Released riptide-0.4mbsibeta02122500.

Wed Dec 25 2002 Marc Boucher
	* makefile: added Mandrake 9.0 linux-2.4.19-19mdk kernel.
	* makefile: added RedHat 2.4.18-19.7.x and 2.4.18-19.8.0 kernels.

Sun Nov 03 2002 Marc Boucher
	* Released riptide-0.4mbsibeta02110301.

Sun Nov 03 2002 Marc Boucher
	* modules/kernelcompiler.sh: use gcc 3 to build modules for
	SuSE's 2.4.19-4GB kernel.

Sun Nov 03 2002 Marc Boucher
	* Released riptide-0.4mbsibeta02110300.

Sun Nov 03 2002 Marc Boucher
	* makefile: added RedHat 2.4.18-17.7.x and 2.4.18-17.8.0 kernels.
	* makefile: added SuSE 2.4.19-4GB kernel.
	* modules/kernelcompiler.sh: use gcc 3 to build modules for
	RedHat's 2.4.18-17.8.0 kernel.
	* scripts/ripconfig.in: put module configuration in /etc/modules.d and
	run update-modules if present (for gentoo).

Fri Oct 11 2002 Marc Boucher
	* Released riptide-0.4mbsibeta02101001.

Fri Oct 11 2002 Marc Boucher
	* modules/kernelcompiler.sh: use gcc 3 to build modules for
	RedHat's 2.4.18-14 kernel.

Thu Oct 10 2002 Marc Boucher
	* Released riptide-0.4mbsibeta02101000.

Thu Oct 10 2002 Marc Boucher
	* makefile: added RedHat 8.0 linux-2.4.18-14 kernel.
	* makefile: added Mandrake 9.0 linux-2.4.19-16mdk kernel and
	removed obsolete SuSE 2.4.4-4GB kernel.
	* modules/kernelcompiler.sh: added gcc-2.96 (for Mandrake 9) and
	RPM_BUILD_ROOT support.

Sun Sep 29 2002 Marc Boucher
	* makefile: tardist: changed way tar.gz files are generated to
	avoid gzip "decompression OK, trailing garbage ignored" messages.

Wed Sep 18 2002 Marc Boucher
	* rt_hw.c:RipTideCreateChannel(): initialize pChannelInfo->sgdList
	to NULL. (Thanks to nokos@gmx.net for this fix)

Sun Sep 01 2002 Marc Boucher
	* Released riptide-0.4mbsibeta02090100.

Sun Sep 01 2002 Marc Boucher
	* modules/riptidem.c: rt_poll(): finally implemented! Debug msgs gone.
	Driver should now work with desktop audio daemons, such as KDE's artsd.
	* modules/riptidem.c: rt_read_dsp(), rt_write_dsp(): don't sleep if
	O_NONBLOCK.
	* scripts/ripconfig.in: added extra /etc/modules.conf aliases for
	automatic devfs module loading.
	* makefile: added Mandrake 2.4.18-8.1mdk kernel.
	* makefile: added RedHat 2.4.9-34, 2.4.18-5, and 2.4.18-10 kernels.
	* Added modules/kernelcompiler.sh, a small script which tries
	to guess which compiler should be used to build kernel modules.
	* modules/common.mak: use kernelcompiler.sh to determine default CC
	* modules/common.mak, INSTALL: added notes about KERNELSRC for
	Debian 3.0 users.

Wed Jun 12 2002 Marc Boucher
	* Released riptide-0.3mbsibeta02061200.

Wed Jun 12 2002 Marc Boucher
	* scripts/ripconfig.in: dynamically allocate sound-slot-N alias names.
	* modules/rt_mdl.c: do not request_region() for hwIOSynth as it
	conflicts with opl3 module.
	* modules/: silenced some debugging messages.

Tue Jun 11 2002 Marc Boucher
	* Initial beta version (riptide-0.3mbsibeta02061100).
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