From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Takashi Iwai Subject: Re: hw_pointer error message triggered without need Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 17:01:06 +0200 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.5 - "Awara-Onsen") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Tobias Peters Cc: alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org At Thu, 23 Oct 2003 09:31:12 +0200 (CEST), Tobias Peters wrote: > > Takashi Iwai wrote: > > At Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:16:47 +0200, > > Tobias Peters wrote: > > > Besides, the error messages popping up in the console interfere visually > > > with the text mode interface of the sound app that I use. > > > > this is likely because irq is not handled correctly when framebuffer > > is switched. the framebuffer is a bad source of irq blocking. > > Framebuffer cannot be responsible in this case because I compiled the > kernel without framebuffer support and I use plain 80x25 vga text screens. > > I do switch between 2 virtual consoles sometimes, but occurence of the > error messages is completely uncorrelated to this switching. sure, the VT-switching is not only the source of lock irq blocking... > The sound chip is most likely the one to blame. I just ask for a more > graceful handling in the driver when the interupt is 1 sample too late. try the cvs version. it's less strict now. (and note that it's a "debug" message, appearing only when you compile with debug option.) Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The SF.net Donation Program. Do you like what SourceForge.net is doing for the Open Source Community? Make a contribution, and help us add new features and functionality. Click here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/