From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Takashi Iwai Subject: Re: snd-nm256 crash Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:54:15 +0200 Sender: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: <87bs88bzgq.fsf@zento.c-dart.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.3 - "Ushinoya") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from Cantor.suse.de (ns.suse.de [213.95.15.193]) by alsa.alsa-project.org (8.9.3/8.9.3/SuSE Linux 8.9.3-0.1) with ESMTP id LAA32307 for ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 11:54:24 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87bs88bzgq.fsf@zento.c-dart.com> Errors-To: alsa-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: To: Russell Neches Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org At 11 Aug 2002 22:08:53 -0400, Russell Neches wrote: > > I'm trying to get my laptop working with ALSA, but, sadly, my laptop > contains the lamentable NeoMagic 256AV chip. With ALSA 0.9.0beta12, > loading snd-nm256 causes the machine to lock up so tight that the soft > power switch stops working. nm256 driver is fairly unstable. i've checked the code and found that ac97 initialization causes the problem. the reason is mysterious and the fix is difficult, since we have no information about this chipset at all. anyway, the current cvs version is more stable (but not perfect). it would be appreciated if you can help debugging, too. Takashi ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf