On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 00:10 +0700, Patrick Shirkey wrote: > Lee Revell wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 23:46 +0700, Patrick Shirkey wrote: > >> It turned out I had to enable DMA or a > >> specific associated flag in the kernel... Are you 100% certain your > >> kernel is setup for lowlat with *your* hardware? > > > > Sorry, this makes no sense at all. DMA for soundcards cannot be enabled > > or disabled. And no special setup should be required to get this to > > work. > > > > How *exactly* did you fix your problem? > > > > DMA doesn't affect soundcards directly but it does cause latency issues. > > The exact details of how I fixed it have been forgotten but the process > required me to go through my kernel with a finetooth comb. That's what > I'm suggesting for Ian. Sorry, your advice is so vague as to be useless. How exactly does one "set up a kernel for lowlat with $FOO hardware"? Lee
