two sound card

[Gabriele Persia <g.persia@libero.it>]

Hi,

I have a soundblaster 128 pci and the onboard-via 82c686 ac97 codec.

I've installed "woody" with onboard sound disabled and sb is working fine.

Then I've
1) re-enabled the via codec (sb-"emulation" disabled)
2) removed es1371 modules (rmmod -r)
3) succesfully "modprobed" via82cxxx_audio module
4) tested (sox --> play) some wave files...

...and everything works.

I would like to use the SB for mp3/mpeg (xmms, mplayer, xine, etc)
and the 82cxxx for other tasks.

Before I try loading both modules (?!), can someone tell me how do I choose
between them ? (assuming I can load both)

Do I need to make links in /dev and/or create any device?

(my idea is that some apps use /dev/xxx1 and others use /dev/xxx2,
or something like this)

Thanks in advance.
Gabriele Persia