At Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:16:17 -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > > Takashi Iwai wrote: > > At least, you have to see a different kernel message after the > > patch... Could you confirm it? > > > > No, it looks like the same message as ever: > > hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling mode... > hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to single_cmd mode... A counter of RIRB pending commands could overflow the size of RIRB when a bunch of commands are sent but not synced. This may lead to the azx_get_response error, theoretically. Could you apply the patch below and check what values are shown there? thanks, Takashi diff -r 4963791e6192 sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c --- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c Wed Oct 04 18:38:16 2006 +0200 +++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c Wed Oct 04 20:59:57 2006 +0200 @@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ struct azx { /* CORB/RIRB */ struct azx_rb corb; struct azx_rb rirb; + int max_rirb_cmds; /* BDL, CORB/RIRB and position buffers */ struct snd_dma_buffer bdl; @@ -480,6 +481,8 @@ static int azx_corb_send_cmd(struct hda_ spin_lock_irq(&chip->reg_lock); chip->rirb.cmds++; + if (chip->rirb.cmds > chip->max_rirb_cmds) + chip->max_rirb_cmds = chip->rirb.cmds; chip->corb.buf[wp] = cpu_to_le32(val); azx_writel(chip, CORBWP, wp); spin_unlock_irq(&chip->reg_lock); @@ -538,12 +541,16 @@ static unsigned int azx_rirb_get_respons if (!chip->polling_mode) { snd_printk(KERN_WARNING "hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, " "switching to polling mode...\n"); + snd_printk(KERN_WARNING " RIRB pending = %d, peak = %d\n", + chip->rirb.cmds, chip->max_rirb_cmds); chip->polling_mode = 1; goto again; } snd_printk(KERN_ERR "hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, " "switching to single_cmd mode...\n"); + snd_printk(KERN_ERR " RIRB pending = %d, peak = %d\n", + chip->rirb.cmds, chip->max_rirb_cmds); chip->rirb.rp = azx_readb(chip, RIRBWP); chip->rirb.cmds = 0; /* switch to single_cmd mode */ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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