Linux‐Support

Linux Development & ALSA

Alternative development for the ISIS has focused on the Linux kernel and the ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) project.

Key Projects

• ISISALSA: A project dedicated to bringing multi-channel support to Linux.
• SAM9407 Driver: Alternative driver development available via SourceForge.

Firmware Loading Procedure

To initialize the card under Linux, users have historically used the following procedure to load the card's binary firmware:

• Obtain isis.bin (extracted from Windows drivers).
• Send the firmware to the card using a command similar to: cat isis.bin > /proc/asound/card0/firmware