As a side note: on some kernels ago, this system would switch to polling mode, and then to single one (don't remember if it happened immediately like it does now, or i some time passed in between). Still, even after being in single mode, I remember it worked. In my opinion, it didn't crash. I may be confused, but I think so. This panic started to appear only on relatively recent kernel versions: I am sorry, I don't remember more precise data. Anyway, I'll let you all know. Thank you very much, Enrico P.S.. sorry for the top-posting, my previous message was rejected from gmail; trying to reduce it's size. Yes, I find this improbable too, trying still... _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel