Hi, > > $ mplayer -ao alsa file.mp3 > > > > but without it, the ALSA output is broken. > > Hm, which driver/device are you using? Also, how is it broken? I'm using the cs5535 audio in my Yeeloong laptop with the config "CONFIG_SND_CS5535AUDIO=m" the above 'broken' means there is audio output with ALSA, but the output is not normal for it has lots of noises: sha sha sha... > > There is already a low-level hack in sound/core/pcm_native.c for MIPS, > so I thought the kernel oops should have been avoided, at least. > Maybe still pgprot_noncached() is missing, though. You mean this part for MIPS: static inline struct page * snd_pcm_default_page_ops(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, unsigned long ofs) { void *vaddr = substream->runtime->dma_area + ofs; #if defined(CONFIG_MIPS) && defined(CONFIG_DMA_NONCOHERENT) if (substream->dma_buffer.dev.type == SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV) return virt_to_page(CAC_ADDR(vaddr)); #endif ... } Yes, it was already there from one of your patches to linux-2.6.33, but the pgprot_noncached() was missing as you mentioned above. And I have found you have added the ARM specific dma_mmap_coherent() to snd_pcm_default_mmap() to mmap the DMA buffer on RAM: /* * mmap the DMA buffer on RAM */ static int snd_pcm_default_mmap(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, struct vm_area_struct *area) { area->vm_flags |= VM_RESERVED; #ifdef ARCH_HAS_DMA_MMAP_COHERENT if (!substream->ops->page && substream->dma_buffer.dev.type == SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_DEV) return dma_mmap_coherent(substream->dma_buffer.dev.dev, area, substream->runtime->dma_area, substream->runtime->dma_addr, area->vm_end - area->vm_start); #endif /* ARCH_HAS_DMA_MMAP_COHERENT */ /* mmap with fault handler */ area->vm_ops = &snd_pcm_vm_ops_data_fault; return 0; } Before, we have added the low-level handling with pgprot_noncached() in snd_pcm_mmap() to fix it, but now, can we add MIPS specific dma_mmap_coherent() as ARM did? Regards, Wu Zhangjin > > [2 0001-MIPS-Implement-dma_mmap_coherent-for-ALSA-audio-outp.patch <text/x-patch; UTF-8 (7bit)>] > > >From a6ee304febbd609d2936dd5b33a16482ef224c97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > From: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@xxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 03:58:13 +0800 > > Subject: [PATCH] MIPS: Implement dma_mmap_coherent() for ALSA audio output > > > > A lazy version of dma_mmap_coherent() implementation for MIPS. > > > > Without this patch, the ALSA sound output of MIPS is broken: > > > > $ mplayer -ao alsa file.mp3 > > > > (This patch was sent out by Takashi Iwai at '18 Aug 2008' but not have > > been applied yet for it is not suitable for all MIPS variants. If you > > need more info, please access: > > http://www.linux-mips.org/archives/linux-mips/2008-08/msg00178.html) > > > > Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> > > --- > > arch/mips/include/asm/dma-mapping.h | 4 ++++ > > arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c | 13 +++++++++++++ > > 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/dma-mapping.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/dma-mapping.h > > index 664ba53..c39bfdf 100644 > > --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/dma-mapping.h > > +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/dma-mapping.h > > @@ -74,4 +74,8 @@ extern int dma_is_consistent(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_addr); > > extern void dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr, size_t size, > > enum dma_data_direction direction); > > > > +#define ARCH_HAS_DMA_MMAP_COHERENT > > +extern int dma_mmap_coherent(struct device *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma, > > + void *cpu_addr, dma_addr_t handle, size_t size); > > + > > #endif /* _ASM_DMA_MAPPING_H */ > > diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c b/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c > > index 9547bc0..8388428 100644 > > --- a/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c > > +++ b/arch/mips/mm/dma-default.c > > @@ -375,3 +375,16 @@ void dma_cache_sync(struct device *dev, void *vaddr, size_t size, > > } > > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_cache_sync); > > + > > +int __weak dma_mmap_coherent(struct device *dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma, > > + void *cpu_addr, dma_addr_t handle, size_t size) > > +{ > > + struct page *pg; > > + vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot); > > + cpu_addr = (void *)dma_addr_to_virt(dev, handle); > > + pg = virt_to_page(cpu_addr); > > + return remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start, > > + page_to_pfn(pg) + vma->vm_pgoff, > > + size, vma->vm_page_prot); > > +} > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_mmap_coherent); > > -- > > 1.7.0 > >