
What's this?
------------

This package allows you to use the USB Audio interfaces from M-Audio/
Midiman with Linux.  It sets up an hotplugging script to load the
firmware from the Windows driver files.

The project page is http://usb-midi-fw.sf.net


Prerequisites
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- Linux 2.6.8 or later.  Earlier kernels have a bug in the USB reset
  code which will prevent the loader from working correctly.
  USB, usbfs and hotplugging support must have been enabled in the
  kernel configuration.
- Hotplugging scripts from <http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/>
  (release dated 2002_08_26 or later).  Recent Linux distributions
  already come with these.
- ALSA 1.0.0 or later, <http://www.alsa-project.org/>


Installing
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1) For legal reasons, the firmware binaries cannot be distributed with
   this package, so you have to get them yourself.

   If you have the Windows driver installed, you can find these files in
   the \WINNT\system32\drivers directory.  Otherwise, download the
   latest driver for your unit from <http://www.m-audio.com/>, run the
   Windows driver package on a Windows machine, click 'Cancel' when the
   dialog with a picture of the device appears, then copy the file from
   the temporary directory.
   (The temporary directory may be "C:\temp" or "C:\Winnt\Temp" or
   "C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp".)

   The file name depends on the device you have:
   Audiophile:	ma003101.bin
   MobilePre:	ma004103.bin
   Sonica:	ma005101.bin
   Transit:	ma006100.bin
   Ozone:	ma008100.bin

   Copy the required driver file(s) into the same directory where this
   package was extracted.

2) Run './configure'.

3) Run 'make'.

4) As root, run 'make install'.


Uninstalling
------------

As root, run 'make uninstall'.


Running
-------

The hotplugging scripts automatically load the firmware when the device
is connected to the computer.

Logging and error messages will be in /var/log/messages.


Contact
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For help, discussion or feedback, send a mail to the mailing list at
<usb-midi-fw-user@lists.sourceforge.net>.

written by Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
