GL824

GL824 is an open-source Linux/ALSA driver for the GadgetLabs WavePro 4xx/824 sound-card.

Currently, parts of the gl824 project are in different stages of development.

Driver Layer	Status	Comment
Control Application	Works	Needs people to test.
Sound System	Works	Driver shows up as ALSA PCM devices.
API	Works	Main interface to the driver works.
DAC/ADC	Works	Analog Converters and MIDI work.
SubLocal Bus	On Hold	Daughter cards and 4xx cards are on hold. (No 4xx hardware for development.)
Controller	Works	PLD is running firmware (824 cards only).
Local Bus	Works	Bus communication works.
PCI	Works	Device IDs found and initialization done.

Firmware	Works	Written by Waldemar.

The original open-source win32 driver and firmware written by Waldemar can be found here: http://www.rhythminmind.net/~gadgetlabs.org/Drivers.html

Release road-map:
This will be posted when a stable/usable version of the driver gets closer.

The driver is currently in Alpha status.
We need people with basic Linux knowledge to test and give feedback.

All source code is protected by Copyright and licensed under the GPL:

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt

More details (and code) can be found at the project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wavepro-driver/