Re: 2.6.24-rc7, intel audio: alsa doesn't say a beep

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:

> > The only difference between rc6 and rc7 in sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c is
> > this:
> > 
> > diff -ur linux-2.6.24-rc6/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c linux-2.6.24-rc7/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c
> > --- linux-2.6.24-rc6/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c	2007-12-21 02:25:48.000000000 +0100
> > +++ linux-2.6.24-rc7/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c	2008-01-06 22:45:38.000000000 +0100
> > @@ -555,7 +555,8 @@
> >   		}
> >   		if (!chip->rirb.cmds)
> >   			return chip->rirb.res; /* the last value */
> > -		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
> > +		udelay(10);
> > +		cond_resched();
> >   	} while (time_after_eq(timeout, jiffies));
> > 
> >   	if (chip->msi) {
> > 
> > 
> > Do you think this could be related to the problem?
> 
> Could you revert it and check whether the problem still exists?
> 
> I hardly believe it's the culprit, but if this is the only change in
> the sound subsystem...

lets revert it (commit 57a04513cb3) if it's causing problems. This patch 
sat in -mm for quite some time - so it seems -rc7 is getting pretty good 
test coverage.

	Ingo