From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Downey Subject: Re: hda-intel module hanging if ACPI enabled Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:13:49 -0600 Message-ID: <433C2EDD.4050005@zymeta.com> References: <433C261D.8090100@zymeta.com> <20050929105612.A8457@cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20050929105612.A8457@cox.net> 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: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Matt Porter wrote: >On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 11:36:29AM -0600, Michael Downey wrote: > > >>I have an Intel Desktop D945GTP motherboard and I am running gentoo with >>kernel 2.6.13-r2. If I enable ACPI then the system will hang whenever >>the hda-intel kernel module is loaded. I did some more testing and I >>found that if I enable "Local APIC support for uniprocessors" and >>"IO-APIC support on uniprocessors" in the kernel then the hda-intel >>module will load when ACPI is enabled. The codec that is used on the >>motherboard is a Sigmatel STAC9221 A1. Is APIC a requirement for this >>setup? Also I've tried 1.0.10rc1 of the alsa-driver and got the same >>results. >> >> > >I hadn't noticed this myself since I have local apic support on in >my kernel, but have heard the same thing from other users. Haven't >looked into it further yet. > > > >>Also I was wondering how to go about retasking the audio jacks? The >>default mixer only provides PCM, FRONT, CAPTURE, INPUT SELECT, and MIX. >>I would like to know how to set up 2 of the jacks to be output jacks >>which as far as I know is possible with hda-intel. >> >> > >I am working on some updates to the SigmaTel HDA patch to support these >motherboards. The basic issue is that the BIOS doesn't set up the >proper configuration default registers on these motherboards so we >need to detect the motherboard and load the proper configuration >defaults. I also added in some switches to retask those jacks. > >I have an issue with my boards in that they don't properly reflect >the Subsystem ID that should be used for identifying the motherboard >and jack configuration. Can you do a >'grep Subsystem /proc/asound/card0/codec#2' and post the results? >I'd like to verify that your board shows the proper ID. > >-Matt > > Thanks for the quick reply. Here's my output: Subsystem Id: 0x0 The board has a BIOS revision string of: NT9410J.86A.1348.2005.0609.1737. I see that there is a newer BIOS 2104 released on Sept. 2 so updating the BIOS might make a difference. I will probably try the update in a day or two so I'll post my results then. Michael Downey Zymeta Corporation ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl