On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:48:33 +0200 Takashi Iwai wrote: > At Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:37:20 -0700, > Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > > On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:16:33 +0200 Takashi Iwai wrote: > > > > > At Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:58:08 -0700, > > > Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > > > > > > > > I have a ThinkPad X60 which uses the Intel 82801G HDA audio chip. This > > > > used to work for me, but lately (sometime during 2.6.18-rcX series) it > > > > stopped working - programs trying to use it tend to just block forever > > > > waiting for /dev/dsp. > > > > > > > > The only obvious symptom is: > > > > > > > > hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to single_cmd mode... > > > > > > > > appearing in the kernel log when booting. > > > > > > > > > > There is no big change relevant to TP X60 during 2.6.18rc, so I don't > > > think it's a regression in the hd-audio driver code. > > > > > > > Details attached. The dmesg output is for the FC6 distro kernel > > > > 2.6.18-1.2689.fc6PAE, but I see the same symptoms with 2.6.18-mm1. > > > > > > You must see difference with mm1 (suppose that mm1 already includes > > > the latest ALSA patches). When the CORB/RIRB interrupt gets broken, > > > the driver first switches to poling mode, then single_cmd mode as > > > fallback. > > > > > > Also, try disable_msi=1 option for mm1. MSI seems broken on some > > > systems. > > > > is that "pci=nomsi" ? > > No, snd-hda-intel driver has a new module option "disable_msi" to > disable MSI support on that driver. As default, it's off, i.e. MSI is > enabled if available. (Well, I feel it's better to rename it > enable_msi and set on as default...) > > Sorry for unclear text. ugh. We shouldn't have drivers with such options IMO. I have seen/used MSI for ethernet, SATA, and audio. It either works for all of them or none of them AFAIK. Why do you think that it should not just be a global system option/flag? --- ~Randy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
