Difference between revisions of "Raspberry Pi ALSA"

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Many problems I've encountered have been caused by known problems in Raspbian (see below). Because fixes are in the pipeline, I choose to wait for them to get into the distro via updates. I'm keeping track of them here for my own benefit, you're welcome to ride along...
 
Many problems I've encountered have been caused by known problems in Raspbian (see below). Because fixes are in the pipeline, I choose to wait for them to get into the distro via updates. I'm keeping track of them here for my own benefit, you're welcome to ride along...
 
==== mmap Kernal Update ====
 
==== mmap Kernal Update ====
The mmap method for driver communication is not supported in Raspbian at present. This has been solved thanks to [http://martinezjavier.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/mmap-support-for-raspberry-pi-bcm2835-alsa-driver/ Javier Martinez Canillas]. The preceeding link will take you to the details.
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The mmap method for driver communication is not supported in Raspbian at present. This has been solved thanks to [http://martinezjavier.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/mmap-support-for-raspberry-pi-bcm2835-alsa-driver/ Javier Martinez Canillas]. The preceeding link will take you to the details. It was dated 4/27/2013 at this writing.
  
Without this kernel fix, at best, ALSA performance will be "challanged". You may also want to wait on this one.  
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Without this kernel fix, at best, ALSA performance will be "challanged". You may also want to wait on this one.
  
 
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==== Jack ====

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