At Fri, 8 Dec 2006 13:53:46 -0500, Ian E. Morgan wrote: > > Since upgrading to 2.6.19, two of my boxes (one workstation, one > notebook) started making a very loud (and scary) POP from the sound > system when the alsa modules are loaded. Unloading and reloading the > modules will generate another pop. > > I have removed any fiddling of mixer settings during module > load/unload; same results. > > I have complied the kernel both with and without > CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE; same results. > > The workstation uses snd_emu10k1, the notebook snd_intel8x0, so it's > affecting more than a single driver. > > Anybody else seeing this behaviour and know how to stop it? Hm, interesting. I thought this should be avoided by disabling CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE Kconfig. Do you get the noise at unloading or at loading time? If it's at unloading time, it's likely in some part of snd_ac97_powerdown(), handling of AC97_POWERDOWN bits, I guess. Takashi ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
