From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lee Revell Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.14: Total lockup using aplaymidi Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 18:32:29 -0400 Message-ID: <1130625149.4449.3.camel@mindpipe> References: <20051029200842.33920.qmail@web52913.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20051029200842.33920.qmail@web52913.mail.yahoo.com> Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Chris Rankin Cc: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org On Sat, 2005-10-29 at 21:08 +0100, Chris Rankin wrote: > --- Lee Revell wrote: > > OK, great. This is related to the recent change to make the RTC the > > default timer for the ALSA sequencer, it's not an emu10k1 driver bug. > > Which means it affects *every* ALSA user, and not just SB-Live! and Audigy owners ... ;-). I guess > people just aren't using aplaymidi on SMP machines much. You can blame Linus for this. By insisting that default system timer frequency be lowered from 1000HZ to 250HZ, he forced the ALSA developers to use a different timer source for the sequencer. There was not a lot of time to test this before the 2.6.14 release. Lee ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today * Register for a JBoss Training Course Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005 Visit http://www.jboss.com/services/certification for more information