X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCIe

X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCIe

[Jaime Torres]

Hello Alsa developers:

We have 500 linux servers with X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCIe. The audio card is properly detected by kernel. The card is unmuted, the sound applications works fine. But the card doesn't sound.  

Googling I discover the same case on several forums, no solution.   

First Question:   The driver is finished? Is it on development? Is it abandoned?
Second Question: Can I join to driver development. I need to make work this soundcard.

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Distribution: Fedora 13
kernel 2.6.34.7-56.fc13.i686.PAE 
alsa version: alsa-lib-1.0.23
01:00.0 PCI bridge: Creative Labs [SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio] CA0110-IBG PCI to PCIe Bridge


[root@localhost ~]# lsmod 
Module                  Size  Used by
snd_ctxfi              69769  0 
fuse                   47907  2 
sunrpc                163601  1 
ip6t_REJECT             3310  2 
nf_conntrack_ipv6      14223  2 
ip6table_filter         1199  1 
ip6_tables              9774  1 ip6table_filter
ipv6                  221726  88 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6
uinput                  5287  0 
snd_hda_codec_ca0110     4769  1 
snd_hda_intel          19995  0 
iTCO_wdt                8940  0 
iTCO_vendor_support     2027  1 iTCO_wdt
snd_hda_codec          70968  2 snd_hda_codec_ca0110,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               4860  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq                42775  0 
snd_seq_device          5035  1 snd_seq
dcdbas                  6552  0 
snd_pcm                62185  3 snd_ctxfi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
bnx2                   57069  0 
snd_timer              15391  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
power_meter             7602  0 
snd                    46591  9 snd_ctxfi,snd_hda_codec_ca0110,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               4934  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          6097  3 snd_ctxfi,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
microcode              10249  0 






 		 	   		  

Re: X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCIe

[Clemens Ladisch]

Jaime Torres wrote:
> We have 500 linux servers with X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCIe. The audio card
> is properly detected by kernel.

Which driver?


Regards,
Clemens

Re: X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCIe

[Jaime Torres]

Modules

snd_ctxfi snd_hda_codec_ca0110  snd_hda_intel
lspci
PCI bridge: Creative Labs [SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio] CA0110-IBG PCI to PCIe Bridge



I belive problem is related with PCIe interface.
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:786: get_response timeout: IRS=0x0
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:4385: autoconfig: line_outs=4 (0xb/0xd/0xc/0xe/0x0)
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:4389:    speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:4393:    hp_outs=1 (0xf/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:4394:    mono: mono_out=0x0
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:4397:    dig-out=0x12/0x0
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:4405:    inputs: mic=0x11, fmic=0x0, line=0x10, fline=0x0, cd=0x0, aux=0x0
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:4407:    dig-in=0x13
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:660: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x000000
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:711: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling mode: last cmd=0x107ba000
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:750: hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to single_cmd mode: last cmd=0x107ba000
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:786: get_response timeout: IRS=0x0
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:786: get_response timeout: IRS=0x0
ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:786: get_response timeout: IRS=0x0




> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 08:34:04 +0200
> From: clemens@ladisch.de
> To: jaimeurieltorres@hotmail.com
> CC: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
> Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCIe
> 
> Jaime Torres wrote:
> > We have 500 linux servers with X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCIe. The audio card
> > is properly detected by kernel.
> 
> Which driver?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Clemens
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Re: X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCIe

[Clemens Ladisch]

(please don't top-post)

Jaime Torres wrote:
> snd_ctxfi

The snd-ctxfi driver was written by Creative some time ago; there
haven't been any updates since then.  This driver does not handle the
Xtreme Audio PCIe.

> snd_hda_codec_ca0110  snd_hda_intel

This chip is also said to be compatible with the HD Audio specification.
Therefore, the snd-hda-intel driver tries to handle it.

> ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:660: spurious response 0x0:0x0, last cmd=0x000000
> ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:711: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling mode: last cmd=0x107ba000
> ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:750: hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to single_cmd mode: last cmd=0x107ba000
> ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:786: get_response timeout: IRS=0x0

However, the chip doesn't seem to be initialized correctly, or isn't
really HDA compatible.  Nobody except Creative knows.


Regards,
Clemens