---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: The Source <thesourcehim@xxxxxxxxx> Date: 2008/10/10 Subject: Re: Backported sbxfi driver (UNTESTED!) To: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> 2008/10/10 Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> At Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:26:15 -0500, > Ted T. Logian wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2008-10-10 at 08:01 +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > > At Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:17:58 -0500, > > > Ted T. Logian wrote: > > > > > > > > Sorry for the multiple posts, but once I rmmod snd-sbxfi, running > mixer does > > > > fine. It seems if I have snd-sbxfi loaded and I run alsamixer, it > locks the > > > > entire system. > > > > > > So, do you mean loading the driver itself doesn't lock up? If so, > > > it's better than I expected. > > > > > > Did you run ever PCM playback/capture before that? This is more > > > dangerous :) > > > > > > Also, please give your hardware details, as there are different models > > > for X-Fi, and some are handled pretty differently. > > > > > > [BTW, please stop top-posting, and avoid HTML mails for ML. It's easy > > > to switch to normal (plain) mail mode on Gmail, just a click.] > > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > Takashi > > > > > > I think perhaps from uninstalling pulseaudio I got further. I can use > > mixer now, and it even has a "Master" device, but nothing else... > > > > however, I do get a lock up later. > > > > I get this from running aplay, too, if this helps... > > Thanks! That's rather a stupid bug. > The patch is below. > > > Takashi > > diff --git a/sound/pci/sbxfi/sbxfi.c b/sound/pci/sbxfi/sbxfi.c > index 8066bf4..8a0eea0 100644 > --- a/sound/pci/sbxfi/sbxfi.c > +++ b/sound/pci/sbxfi/sbxfi.c > @@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ static struct sbxfi_port *sbxfi_port_alloc(struct sbxfi > *chip, > port->src[0] = src; > port->src[1] = src + 1; > spin_lock_irq(&chip->port_lock); > - list_add(&chip->port_list, &port->list); > + list_add(&port->list, &chip->port_list); > spin_unlock_irq(&chip->port_lock); > return port; > } > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-devel mailing list > Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel > Hello, I have tried the driver with the fix you provided, but I couldn't get anything. Kernel panic on any attempt to use sound or mixer. Also kernel panic several seconds after Xorg starts. Each crash causes either hang or reboot so I couldn't get any error messages. If there are some logs left, please tell me where they are and I'll send them to you. My card is X-Fi Platinum Fatality Champion Series. _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
