Re: Full duplex in sound driver?

Chris Wedgwood (chris@cybernet.co.nz)
Tue, 25 Aug 1998 18:18:18 +1200


On Tue, Aug 25, 1998 at 03:02:13PM +1000, Richard Gooch wrote:

> Alan Cox writes:

> Are you saying that the samples are limited to 8 bit one way and 16
> the other way?

Yes.

> Or are you just saying that there are twice as many DMA cycles in one
> direction?

No.

> I had a quick play with 8 bit voice and there was a bit of
> distortion.

For voice - 8 bits is usually sufficient. Depending on your voice
that is.

-cw

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