[ANN] ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released

[ANN] ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released

[Takashi Iwai]

Hi all,

as you might have already seen on the web news page, we released
1.0.0pre1 tarball.  This is intended for the wide tests before the
official 1.0.0 release.  We planned to release 1.0.0 (hopefully) in
this month, so please everyone test this version and give bug reports
now.

Especially, if you have a card or a mobo with ICH (or compatible)
chip and *multiple* AC97 codecs, testing this version is appreciated.
Please give (also positive) feedback whether it works.  The handling
of multiple codecs was changed recently, but not tested well because
of lack of hardware.


Important changes / fixes since 0.9.8

- joystick is configured now (again) by module options instead of
  control API.  see alsa-kernel/Documentation/Joystick.txt.

- the default value of cards_limit option of sound module is 1.
  note that this doesn't mean that the max. number of cards is limited
  to 1, but it restricts the number of auto-loaded cards.  if you load
  a module manually, it's added safely.

- PCM OSS emulation was fixed, e.g. mplayer delay problem should be
  fixed now.  Hopefully this doesn't introduce another bug...

- AC97 handler is rewritten.  please test!

- some serious ISA PnP bugs are fixed (e.g. cs4236 freeze).

- some bugs in OSS-emulation library are fixed.  please test!

- dmix problems with xmms ALSA plugin is solved.

- alsa-driver tree can be built with 2.6 kernel.

- alsaconf is now moved to alsa-utils tarball.


Known problems

- pdplus driver seems broken.  more testers?

- korg1212 driver seems broken (somehow).

- PCM OSS emulation might cause oops when you compile the kernel
  without frame pointer (depending on the compiler).

- opti92x still might not work (although some bugs were fixed).


--
Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>		ALSA Developer - www.alsa-project.org


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Re: [ANN] ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released

[Paul Hanly (Hotmail)]

Was the patching described by Eric Hathaway's post done for the new version,
or was it decided it wasn't really necessary? See: [Alsa-devel] aureal
driver compile problem and patch The patch is copied below for your
convenience.

I would also like to suggest that the INSTALL file and read me files have
specific references to the pages at:
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=AlsaDrivers
In my case the ones for Aureal
(http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=au88x0 and links from there) were
invaluable.
I would also like to sugget the addition of a NewToLinuxReadThis file with a
quick overview that will get newbies who have just installed a distro and
can't get their soundcard to work up and running in the easiest possible
way. Maybe including the reference to the
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=AlsaDrivers will do.

Some other mods that would be good for Newbies is if alsamixergui is package
independent and had an obvious Save Settings button that initiated a script
that did away with the need to directly use alsactl and to modify the
modules.conf file. It could also pop up a reference to the
http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=AlsaDrivers page on starting.

I would also like to suggest a gui for the install process with scripting
that did the detection of card, whether kernel-source is installed, whether
sound is loaded, whether oss is needed, whether tools are needed (based on
soundcard), doing ./snddevices, checking for/getting, installing and setting
unmuting/volumes for alsamixergui - the whole process should be able to be
made a lot easier for people who just got a distro off the front cover of a
computer mag. For these people ease of installation and use of sound and
surfing (the winmodem problem) are likely to be a big deal right at the
start.
cheers
Paul
--------------- BEGIN PATCH -----------------------
diff -ur alsa-driver-0.9.8/acore/Makefile
alsa-driver-0.9.8-patched/acore/Makefile
--- alsa-driver-0.9.8/acore/Makefile Tue Sep 16 06:14:03 2003
+++ alsa-driver-0.9.8-patched/acore/Makefile Tue Oct 21 22:21:12 2003
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
obj-$(CONFIG_SND_SERIALMIDI) += snd-rawmidi.o snd.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SND_MSND_PINNACLE) += snd-pcm.o snd-timer.o snd-page-alloc.o
snd.o snd-rawmidi.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SND_USB_US428) += snd-pcm.o snd-timer.o snd-page-alloc.o snd.o
snd-rawmidi.o snd-hwdep.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SND_AU8810) += snd-pcm.o snd-timer.o snd-page-alloc.o snd.o
snd-rawmidi.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SND_AU8820) += snd-pcm.o snd-timer.o snd-page-alloc.o snd.o
snd-rawmidi.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SND_AU8830) += snd-pcm.o snd-timer.o snd-page-alloc.o snd.o
snd-rawmidi.o

export-objs := sound.o pcm.o pcm_lib.o rawmidi.o timer.o hwdep.o memalloc.o

diff -ur alsa-driver-0.9.8/acore/seq/Makefile
alsa-driver-0.9.8-patched/acore/seq/Makefile
--- alsa-driver-0.9.8/acore/seq/Makefile Mon Jun 2 09:03:38 2003
+++ alsa-driver-0.9.8-patched/acore/seq/Makefile Tue Oct 21 22:21:20
2003@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@

obj-$(CONFIG_SND_SERIALMIDI) += snd-seq-midi.o snd-seq.o snd-seq-device.o
snd-seq-midi-event.o
obj-$(CONFIG_SND_MSND_PINNACLE) += snd-seq-midi.o snd-seq.o snd-seq-device.o
snd-seq-midi-event.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SND_AU8810) += snd-seq-midi.o snd-seq.o snd-seq-device.o
snd-seq-midi-event.o snd-seq-instr.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SND_AU8820) += snd-seq-midi.o snd-seq.o snd-seq-device.o
snd-seq-midi-event.o snd-seq-instr.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SND_AU8830) += snd-seq-midi.o snd-seq.o snd-seq-device.o
snd-seq-midi-event.o snd-seq-instr.o

export-objs := seq_device.o seq.o seq_instr.o seq_midi_emul.o \
seq_midi_event.o seq_virmidi.o
diff -ur alsa-driver-0.9.8/drivers/mpu401/Makefile
alsa-driver-0.9.8-patched/drivers/mpu401/Makefile
--- alsa-driver-0.9.8/drivers/mpu401/Makefile Mon Jun 2 09:03:39 2003
+++ alsa-driver-0.9.8-patched/drivers/mpu401/Makefile Tue Oct 21 22:21:36
2003@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
include $(TOPDIR)/toplevel.config
include $(TOPDIR)/Makefile.conf


+obj-$(CONFIG_SND_AU8810) += snd-mpu401-uart.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SND_AU8820) += snd-mpu401-uart.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SND_AU8830) += snd-mpu401-uart.o
+
export-objs  := mpu401_uart.o

TOPDIR = $(MAINSRCDIR)
diff -ur alsa-driver-0.9.8/pci/ac97/Makefile
alsa-driver-0.9.8-patched/pci/ac97/Makefile
--- alsa-driver-0.9.8/pci/ac97/Makefile Sun Feb 9 13:35:57 2003
+++ alsa-driver-0.9.8-patched/pci/ac97/Makefile Tue Oct 21 22:21:49 2003
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
include $(TOPDIR)/toplevel.config
include $(TOPDIR)/Makefile.conf


+obj-$(CONFIG_SND_AU8810) += snd-ac97-codec.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SND_AU8820) += snd-ac97-codec.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SND_AU8830) += snd-ac97-codec.o
+
export-objs  := ac97_codec.o ak4531_codec.o


TOPDIR = $(MAINSRCDIR)
--------------- END PATCH -----------------------

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Takashi Iwai" <tiwai@suse.de>
To: <alsa-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
Cc: <alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 2:46 AM
Subject: [Alsa-devel] [ANN] ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released


> Hi all,
>
> as you might have already seen on the web news page, we released
> 1.0.0pre1 tarball.  This is intended for the wide tests before the
> official 1.0.0 release.  We planned to release 1.0.0 (hopefully) in
> this month, so please everyone test this version and give bug reports
> now.
>
> Especially, if you have a card or a mobo with ICH (or compatible)
> chip and *multiple* AC97 codecs, testing this version is appreciated.
> Please give (also positive) feedback whether it works.  The handling
> of multiple codecs was changed recently, but not tested well because
> of lack of hardware.
>
>
> Important changes / fixes since 0.9.8
>
> - joystick is configured now (again) by module options instead of
>   control API.  see alsa-kernel/Documentation/Joystick.txt.
>
> - the default value of cards_limit option of sound module is 1.
>   note that this doesn't mean that the max. number of cards is limited
>   to 1, but it restricts the number of auto-loaded cards.  if you load
>   a module manually, it's added safely.
>
> - PCM OSS emulation was fixed, e.g. mplayer delay problem should be
>   fixed now.  Hopefully this doesn't introduce another bug...
>
> - AC97 handler is rewritten.  please test!
>
> - some serious ISA PnP bugs are fixed (e.g. cs4236 freeze).
>
> - some bugs in OSS-emulation library are fixed.  please test!
>
> - dmix problems with xmms ALSA plugin is solved.
>
> - alsa-driver tree can be built with 2.6 kernel.
>
> - alsaconf is now moved to alsa-utils tarball.
>
>
> Known problems
>
> - pdplus driver seems broken.  more testers?
>
> - korg1212 driver seems broken (somehow).
>
> - PCM OSS emulation might cause oops when you compile the kernel
>   without frame pointer (depending on the compiler).
>
> - opti92x still might not work (although some bugs were fixed).
>
>
> --
> Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> ALSA Developer - www.alsa-project.org
>
>
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Re: [ANN] ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released

[Takashi Iwai]

At Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:39:30 +1100,
Paul Hanly (Hotmail) wrote:
> 
> Was the patching described by Eric Hathaway's post done for the new version,
> or was it decided it wasn't really necessary? See: [Alsa-devel] aureal
> driver compile problem and patch The patch is copied below for your
> convenience.

it (the fixed one) is already in 1.0.0pre1 tarball.


Takashi


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Re: [ANN] ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released

[Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano]

> as you might have already seen on the web news page, we released
> 1.0.0pre1 tarball.  This is intended for the wide tests before the
> official 1.0.0 release.  We planned to release 1.0.0 (hopefully) in
> this month, so please everyone test this version and give bug reports
> now.

Looks like somehow hdspmix and hdspconf did not make it to the
alsa-tools tarball (but they are there in CVS)....
-- Fernando




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Re: ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released - intel8x0 is oopsing (2.6)

[R CHAN]

Just tried ALSA CVS and 2.6.0-test9 current bk.
CVS snd-intel8x0 is oopsing.

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000040
  printing eip:
e1a3a9e6
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0000 [#1]
CPU:    0
EIP:    0060:[<e1a3a9e6>]    Not tainted
EFLAGS: 00010202
EIP is at snd_intel8x0_mixer+0x2b6/0x400 [snd_intel8x0]
eax: 00000020   ebx: dd8ecc00   ecx: 00000008   edx: 00000080
esi: dc13f4c0   edi: 00000001   ebp: 00000020   esp: dc137c74
ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0068
Process modprobe (pid: 887, threadinfo=dc136000 task=dec572e0)
Stack: dd8ecc00 00000080 e1a3f540 00000005 df678400 dda04a00 00000000 
dd8ecc00
        e1a3a710 00000000 c1549400 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 
00000000
        00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 
00000000
Call Trace:
  [<e1a3a710>] snd_intel8x0_mixer_free_ac97+0x0/0x20 [snd_intel8x0]
  [<e1a3adc7>] snd_intel8x0_ich_chip_init+0x1d7/0x300 [snd_intel8x0]
  [<e1a39290>] snd_intel8x0_codec_write+0x0/0xd0 [snd_intel8x0]
  [<e1a39360>] snd_intel8x0_codec_read+0x0/0x110 [snd_intel8x0]
  [<e1a3a700>] snd_intel8x0_mixer_free_ac97_bus+0x0/0x10 [snd_intel8x0]
  [<e1a3bfea>] snd_intel8x0_probe+0x10a/0x280 [snd_intel8x0]
  [<c016c531>] dput+0x31/0x220
  [<c0202822>] pci_device_probe_static+0x52/0x70
  [<c020287c>] __pci_device_probe+0x3c/0x50
  [<c02028bc>] pci_device_probe+0x2c/0x50
  [<c02428df>] bus_match+0x3f/0x70
  [<c0242a0c>] driver_attach+0x5c/0xa0
  [<c0242cd3>] bus_add_driver+0x93/0xb0
  [<c024310f>] driver_register+0x2f/0x40
  [<c0202aac>] pci_register_driver+0x5c/0x90
  [<e195c013>] alsa_card_intel8x0_init+0x13/0x8e [snd_intel8x0]
  [<c0135a09>] sys_init_module+0x119/0x230
  [<c010b3d9>] sysenter_past_esp+0x52/0x71

Code: 0f b7 40 20 0f b6 84 83 c8 02 00 00 c0 e0 06 08 c1 eb cb 80

Anything else you need to know?


Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
>>as you might have already seen on the web news page, we released
>>1.0.0pre1 tarball.  This is intended for the wide tests before the
>>official 1.0.0 release.  We planned to release 1.0.0 (hopefully) in
>>this month, so please everyone test this version and give bug reports
>>now.
> 
> 
> Looks like somehow hdspmix and hdspconf did not make it to the
> alsa-tools tarball (but they are there in CVS)....
> -- Fernando
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Re: ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released - intel8x0 is oopsing (2.6)

[Takashi Iwai]

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At Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:44:53 +0800,
R CHAN wrote:
> 
> Just tried ALSA CVS and 2.6.0-test9 current bk.
> CVS snd-intel8x0 is oopsing.

could you try the attached patch?


Takashi

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Index: alsa-kernel/include/ac97_codec.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /suse/tiwai/cvs/alsa/alsa-kernel/include/ac97_codec.h,v
retrieving revision 1.34
diff -u -r1.34 ac97_codec.h
--- alsa-kernel/include/ac97_codec.h	18 Nov 2003 11:48:28 -0000	1.34
+++ alsa-kernel/include/ac97_codec.h	20 Nov 2003 15:22:47 -0000
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@
 
 int snd_ac97_pcm_assign(ac97_bus_t *ac97,
 			unsigned short pcms_count,
-			struct ac97_pcm *pcms);
+			const struct ac97_pcm *pcms);
 int snd_ac97_pcm_open(struct ac97_pcm *pcm, unsigned int rate,
 		      enum ac97_pcm_cfg cfg, unsigned short slots);
 int snd_ac97_pcm_close(struct ac97_pcm *pcm);
Index: alsa-kernel/pci/intel8x0.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /suse/tiwai/cvs/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/intel8x0.c,v
retrieving revision 1.101
diff -u -r1.101 intel8x0.c
--- alsa-kernel/pci/intel8x0.c	18 Nov 2003 11:48:28 -0000	1.101
+++ alsa-kernel/pci/intel8x0.c	20 Nov 2003 15:30:21 -0000
@@ -892,8 +892,10 @@
 	err = snd_pcm_lib_malloc_pages(substream, params_buffer_bytes(hw_params));
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
-	if (ichdev->pcm_open_flag)
+	if (ichdev->pcm_open_flag) {
 		snd_ac97_pcm_close(ichdev->pcm);
+		ichdev->pcm_open_flag = 0;
+	}
 	err = snd_ac97_pcm_open(ichdev->pcm, params_rate(hw_params),
 				params_channels(hw_params),
 				ichdev->pcm->r[0].slots);
@@ -906,8 +908,10 @@
 {
 	ichdev_t *ichdev = get_ichdev(substream);
 
-	if (ichdev->pcm_open_flag)
+	if (ichdev->pcm_open_flag) {
 		snd_ac97_pcm_close(ichdev->pcm);
+		ichdev->pcm_open_flag = 0;
+	}
 	return snd_pcm_lib_free_pages(substream);
 }
 
@@ -1765,14 +1769,16 @@
 		goto __err;
 	chip->ac97_bus = pbus;
 	ac97.pci = chip->pci;
-	if ((err = snd_ac97_mixer(pbus, &ac97, &x97)) < 0) {
-	      __err:
-		/* clear the cold-reset bit for the next chance */
-		if (chip->device_type != DEVICE_ALI)
-			iputdword(chip, ICHREG(GLOB_CNT), igetdword(chip, ICHREG(GLOB_CNT)) & ~ICH_AC97COLD);
-		return err;
+	for (i = 0; i < codecs; i++) {
+		ac97.num = i;
+		if ((err = snd_ac97_mixer(pbus, &ac97, &x97)) < 0) {
+			snd_printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to initialize codec #%d\n", i);
+			if (i == 0)
+				goto __err;
+			continue;
+		}
+		chip->ac97[i] = x97;
 	}
-	chip->ac97[0] = x97;
 	/* tune up the primary codec */
 	snd_ac97_tune_hardware(chip->ac97[0], ac97_quirks);
 	/* enable separate SDINs for ICH4 */
@@ -1784,7 +1790,7 @@
 		i -= 2;		/* do not allocate PCM2IN and MIC2 */
 	if (spdif_idx < 0)
 		i--;		/* do not allocate S/PDIF */
-	err = snd_ac97_pcm_assign(pbus, ARRAY_SIZE(ac97_pcm_defs), ac97_pcm_defs);
+	err = snd_ac97_pcm_assign(pbus, i, ac97_pcm_defs);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto __err;
 	chip->ichd[ICHD_PCMOUT].pcm = &pbus->pcms[0];
@@ -1826,6 +1832,12 @@
 	}
 	chip->in_ac97_init = 0;
 	return 0;
+
+ __err:
+	/* clear the cold-reset bit for the next chance */
+	if (chip->device_type != DEVICE_ALI)
+		iputdword(chip, ICHREG(GLOB_CNT), igetdword(chip, ICHREG(GLOB_CNT)) & ~ICH_AC97COLD);
+	return err;
 }
 
 
Index: alsa-kernel/pci/ac97/ac97_pcm.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /suse/tiwai/cvs/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/ac97/ac97_pcm.c,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 ac97_pcm.c
--- alsa-kernel/pci/ac97/ac97_pcm.c	18 Nov 2003 13:51:31 -0000	1.2
+++ alsa-kernel/pci/ac97/ac97_pcm.c	20 Nov 2003 15:23:34 -0000
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 		unsigned short slots = 0;
 		if (ac97_is_rev22(ac97)) {
 			/* Note: it's simply emulation of AMAP behaviour */
-			u8 es;
+			u16 es;
 			es = ac97->regs[AC97_EXTENDED_STATUS] &= ~AC97_EI_DACS_SLOT_MASK;
 			switch (ac97->addr) {
 			case 1:
@@ -357,11 +357,7 @@
 		case AC97_PCM_MIC_ADC_RATE:	idx = AC97_RATES_MIC_ADC; break;
 		default:			idx = AC97_RATES_SPDIF; break;
 		}
-		if (rates == ~0) {
-			rates = pcm->r[dbl].codec[cidx]->rates[idx];
-		} else {
-			rates &= pcm->r[dbl].codec[cidx]->rates[idx];
-		}
+		rates &= pcm->r[dbl].codec[cidx]->rates[idx];
 	}
 	return rates;
 }
@@ -378,7 +374,7 @@
  */
 int snd_ac97_pcm_assign(ac97_bus_t *bus,
 			unsigned short pcms_count,
-			struct ac97_pcm *pcms)
+			const struct ac97_pcm *pcms)
 {
 	int i, j, k;
 	struct ac97_pcm *pcm, *rpcms, *rpcm;
@@ -389,7 +385,7 @@
 	unsigned int rates;
 	ac97_t *codec;
 
-	rpcms = snd_kcalloc(sizeof(struct ac97_pcm), GFP_KERNEL);
+	rpcms = snd_kcalloc(sizeof(struct ac97_pcm) * pcms_count, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (rpcms == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	memset(avail_slots, 0, sizeof(avail_slots));
@@ -421,6 +417,7 @@
 		rpcm->exclusive = pcm->exclusive;
 		rpcm->private_value = pcm->private_value;
 		rpcm->bus = bus;
+		rpcm->rates = ~0;
 		slots = pcm->r[0].slots;
 		for (j = 0; j < 4 && slots; j++) {
 			rates = ~0;
@@ -448,11 +445,7 @@
 			}
 			slots &= ~tmp;
 			rpcm->r[0].slots |= tmp;
-			if (j == 0) {
-				pcm->rates = rates;
-			} else {
-				pcm->rates &= rates;
-			}
+			rpcm->rates &= rates;
 		}
 	}
 	bus->pcms_count = pcms_count;

Re: Re: ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released - intel8x0 is oopsing (2.6) - FIXED!

[R CHAN]

The oops has been fixed by the intel8x0 patch. Thanks.


/proc/asound/card0> cat ../cards
0 [I82801DBICH4   ]: ICH - Intel 82801DB-ICH4
                      Intel 82801DB-ICH4 at 0xdffffa00, irq 10

/proc/asound/card0> cat codec97#0/ac97#0-0
0-0/0: Realtek ALC202 rev 0

Capabilities     :
DAC resolution   : 20-bit
ADC resolution   : 18-bit
3D enhancement   : Realtek 3D Stereo Enhancement

Current setup
Mic gain         : +0dB [+0dB]
POP path         : pre 3D
Sim. stereo      : off
3D enhancement   : off
Loudness         : off
Mono output      : MIX
Mic select       : Mic1
ADC/DAC loopback : off
Extended ID      : codec=0 rev=1 AMAP DSA=0 SPDIF DRA VRA
Extended status  : SPCV LDAC SDAC CDAC SPDIF=3/4 VRA
PCM front DAC    : 48000Hz
PCM ADC          : 48000Hz
SPDIF Control    : Consumer PCM Category=0x2 Generation=1 Rate=48kHz

R CHAN wrote:
> Just tried ALSA CVS and 2.6.0-test9 current bk.
> CVS snd-intel8x0 is oopsing.
> 
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 
> 00000040
>  printing eip:
> e1a3a9e6
> *pde = 00000000
> Oops: 0000 [#1]
> CPU:    0
> EIP:    0060:[<e1a3a9e6>]    Not tainted
> EFLAGS: 00010202
> EIP is at snd_intel8x0_mixer+0x2b6/0x400 [snd_intel8x0]
> eax: 00000020   ebx: dd8ecc00   ecx: 00000008   edx: 00000080
> esi: dc13f4c0   edi: 00000001   ebp: 00000020   esp: dc137c74
> ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0068
> Process modprobe (pid: 887, threadinfo=dc136000 task=dec572e0)
> Stack: dd8ecc00 00000080 e1a3f540 00000005 df678400 dda04a00 00000000 
> dd8ecc00
>        e1a3a710 00000000 c1549400 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 
> 00000000
>        00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 
> 00000000
> Call Trace:
>  [<e1a3a710>] snd_intel8x0_mixer_free_ac97+0x0/0x20 [snd_intel8x0]
>  [<e1a3adc7>] snd_intel8x0_ich_chip_init+0x1d7/0x300 [snd_intel8x0]
>  [<e1a39290>] snd_intel8x0_codec_write+0x0/0xd0 [snd_intel8x0]
>  [<e1a39360>] snd_intel8x0_codec_read+0x0/0x110 [snd_intel8x0]
>  [<e1a3a700>] snd_intel8x0_mixer_free_ac97_bus+0x0/0x10 [snd_intel8x0]
>  [<e1a3bfea>] snd_intel8x0_probe+0x10a/0x280 [snd_intel8x0]
>  [<c016c531>] dput+0x31/0x220
>  [<c0202822>] pci_device_probe_static+0x52/0x70
>  [<c020287c>] __pci_device_probe+0x3c/0x50
>  [<c02028bc>] pci_device_probe+0x2c/0x50
>  [<c02428df>] bus_match+0x3f/0x70
>  [<c0242a0c>] driver_attach+0x5c/0xa0
>  [<c0242cd3>] bus_add_driver+0x93/0xb0
>  [<c024310f>] driver_register+0x2f/0x40
>  [<c0202aac>] pci_register_driver+0x5c/0x90
>  [<e195c013>] alsa_card_intel8x0_init+0x13/0x8e [snd_intel8x0]
>  [<c0135a09>] sys_init_module+0x119/0x230
>  [<c010b3d9>] sysenter_past_esp+0x52/0x71
> 
> Code: 0f b7 40 20 0f b6 84 83 c8 02 00 00 c0 e0 06 08 c1 eb cb 80
> 
> Anything else you need to know?
> 
> 
> Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> 
>>> as you might have already seen on the web news page, we released
>>> 1.0.0pre1 tarball.  This is intended for the wide tests before the
>>> official 1.0.0 release.  We planned to release 1.0.0 (hopefully) in
>>> this month, so please everyone test this version and give bug reports
>>> now.
>>
>>
>>
>> Looks like somehow hdspmix and hdspconf did not make it to the
>> alsa-tools tarball (but they are there in CVS)....
>> -- Fernando
>>
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Re: [ANN] ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released

[Takashi Iwai]

At 19 Nov 2003 17:30:29 -0800,
Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> 
> > as you might have already seen on the web news page, we released
> > 1.0.0pre1 tarball.  This is intended for the wide tests before the
> > official 1.0.0 release.  We planned to release 1.0.0 (hopefully) in
> > this month, so please everyone test this version and give bug reports
> > now.
> 
> Looks like somehow hdspmix and hdspconf did not make it to the
> alsa-tools tarball (but they are there in CVS)....

oh, that happens again.

i guess it's because there is no FLTK installed on Jaroslav's
machine, and configure failed to create Makefile for them to pack.

Jaroslav, could you install fltk to put them all in?


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1.0.0pre1 / ice1712 / mplayer-oss-delay

[Steffen Sauder]

Takashi Iwai wrote:

>- PCM OSS emulation was fixed, e.g. mplayer delay problem should be
>  fixed now.  Hopefully this doesn't introduce another bug...
>
Strange, the new version doesn't seem to behave any different than the 
last cvs version I tested (Nov-02) (is there maybe any reason why make 
install wouldn't properly update everything?). Skipping in mplayer or 
xmms sill takes half a second, mpg123 needs >30 seconds for starting 
playback as well as java-apps do. I still have a DMX6fire and am running 
gentoo with kernel 2.4.20-gentoo-r5. If you need debugging infos please 
ask, I'm still not sure if the strace-info I sent you once was useful or 
not.

>- some bugs in OSS-emulation library are fixed.  please test!
>
Are any of those bugfixes related to the problems mentioned above? If 
not I don't really know where to start testing...

>
>- dmix problems with xmms ALSA plugin is solved.
>
I think I can confirm that, I noticed some problems with sample rate 
conversion before that seem to be gone.

Again thanks a lot for your effort on these issues,
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Re: 1.0.0pre1 / ice1712 / mplayer-oss-delay

[Takashi Iwai]

At Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:01:24 +0100,
Steffen Sauder wrote:
> 
> Takashi Iwai wrote:
> 
> >- PCM OSS emulation was fixed, e.g. mplayer delay problem should be
> >  fixed now.  Hopefully this doesn't introduce another bug...
> >
> Strange, the new version doesn't seem to behave any different than the 
> last cvs version I tested (Nov-02) (is there maybe any reason why make 
> install wouldn't properly update everything?). Skipping in mplayer or 
> xmms sill takes half a second, mpg123 needs >30 seconds for starting 
> playback as well as java-apps do. I still have a DMX6fire and am running 
> gentoo with kernel 2.4.20-gentoo-r5. If you need debugging infos please 
> ask, I'm still not sure if the strace-info I sent you once was useful or 
> not.

ah, that's a different bug which we got fixed.
i couldn't reproduce this bug yet on my machine, though.
i just checked your last post, and it looks like a problem specific to
DMX6fire rather than the general kernel oss-emulation.
the app issues so many SET_FORMAT and RESET ioctls, and each takes a
half second or so.  it's likely a long i2c transfer or something like
that.

> 
> >- some bugs in OSS-emulation library are fixed.  please test!
> >
> Are any of those bugfixes related to the problems mentioned above? If 
> not I don't really know where to start testing...

i don't think so.


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Re: [ANN] ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released

[Takashi Iwai]

At Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:46:04 +0100,
I wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> as you might have already seen on the web news page, we released
> 1.0.0pre1 tarball.  This is intended for the wide tests before the
> official 1.0.0 release.  We planned to release 1.0.0 (hopefully) in
> this month, so please everyone test this version and give bug reports
> now.
> 
> Especially, if you have a card or a mobo with ICH (or compatible)
> chip and *multiple* AC97 codecs, testing this version is appreciated.
> Please give (also positive) feedback whether it works.  The handling
> of multiple codecs was changed recently, but not tested well because
> of lack of hardware.
> 
> 
> Important changes / fixes since 0.9.8

A couple of more important thing I forgot to mention about ALSA
library update:

- the default PCM API is in the new style.

  If your app still uses the PCM API in the old style (i.e. without
  defining ALSA_PCM_OLD_HW_PARAM_API), the compilation with the new
  library may fail.  In such a case, fix the API call with the new
  style, or simply add

	#define ALSA_PCM_OLD_HW_PARAMS_API
	#define ALSA_PCM_OLD_SW_PARAMS_API

  before inclusion of <alsa/asoundlib.h>.  See alsa-lib/NOTES for
  details.

  The binary compatibility is kept with the new alsa-lib, so the
  programs will run as well even after installing the new alsa-lib.

- SND_LIB_MAJOR is jumped to 1, and SND_LIB_MINOR is 0.

  If your application checks the ALSA version with only SND_LIB_MINOR
  macro, you'll need to fix it.


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Re: [ANN] ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released

[Dave Neuer]

--- Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> - PCM OSS emulation might cause oops when you
> compile the kernel
>   without frame pointer (depending on the compiler).

Hi,

As a Gentoo user whose make.conf includes
-fomit-frame-pointer (gcc 3.3.2), I'd love it if you
could elaborate on that a little bit:

a) is this code also in the mainline kernel
(test9-bk*)?

b) any idea what would be required to fix it to allow
no frame pointer?

I just started experiencing oopsen yesterday after
installing -test9-bk24, using the older libs/utils
(0.98, I think). But I also put new hardware in (IEEE
1394 card) and added USB mouse support. I'm seeing
weird things on my earlier kernel version, too so it
could certainly be unrelated...

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Re: [Alsa-user] [ANN] ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released

[Takashi Iwai]

At Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:30:32 -0800 (PST),
Dave Neuer wrote:
> 
> --- Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > - PCM OSS emulation might cause oops when you
> > compile the kernel
> >   without frame pointer (depending on the compiler).
> 
> Hi,
> 
> As a Gentoo user whose make.conf includes
> -fomit-frame-pointer (gcc 3.3.2), I'd love it if you
> could elaborate on that a little bit:
> 
> a) is this code also in the mainline kernel
> (test9-bk*)?
 
yes.

> b) any idea what would be required to fix it to allow
> no frame pointer?

i'm not sure which gcc version causes.  at least, i can *not*
reproduce this on my system (gcc-3.3.1). 

a workaround is to add a local CFLAGS for rate.c in Makefile.
it's included in alsa-driver's Makefile, but not put in alsa-kernel,
i.e. the tree to be merged to the main 2.6.0 tree.


> I just started experiencing oopsen yesterday after
> installing -test9-bk24, using the older libs/utils
> (0.98, I think). But I also put new hardware in (IEEE
> 1394 card) and added USB mouse support. I'm seeing
> weird things on my earlier kernel version, too so it
> could certainly be unrelated...

this bug hits only in the sample rate conversion of OSS emulation, so 
it doesn't occur in most cases.
the typical case is via82xx driver without specifying dxs_support
option, or some mobo with a cheap ac97 codec supporting only 48kHz.
when you play mp3 on such a machine over OSS API, the sample rate is
converted from 44.1 to 48khz.


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Re: [Alsa-user] [ANN] ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released

[Kai Vehmanen]

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Takashi Iwai wrote:

> Especially, if you have a card or a mobo with ICH (or compatible)
> chip and *multiple* AC97 codecs, testing this version is appreciated.

Some of my apps have stopped working after 1.0.0pre1 on a T23 Thinkpad 
(intel8x0, 82801).

Simple things like "arecord -f cd - |aplay -f cd -" work, but apps which 
relay on select/poll before doing any i/o do not work. I didn't have 
time to test, but I suspect jackd would not have worked. :)

On the same machine, alsa-driver-0.9.8 works fine, but not with 1.0.0pre1 
and 1.0.0pre3.

PS The same intel8x0 ac97-chip can be found on many other 
   thinkpad models: at least T24, X30, X31 and T40.

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Re: [Alsa-user] [ANN] ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released

[Takashi Iwai]

At Wed, 26 Nov 2003 19:31:39 +0200 (EET),
Kai Vehmanen wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> 
> > Especially, if you have a card or a mobo with ICH (or compatible)
> > chip and *multiple* AC97 codecs, testing this version is appreciated.
> 
> Some of my apps have stopped working after 1.0.0pre1 on a T23 Thinkpad 
> (intel8x0, 82801).
> 
> Simple things like "arecord -f cd - |aplay -f cd -" work, but apps which 
> relay on select/poll before doing any i/o do not work. I didn't have 
> time to test, but I suspect jackd would not have worked. :)
> 
> On the same machine, alsa-driver-0.9.8 works fine, but not with 1.0.0pre1 
> and 1.0.0pre3.

1.0.0pre1 is broken for intel8x0, so use pre3 only :)

what do you mean exactly "don't work" in the above?
the operation is blocked, or returns an error?
if it's blocked, check /proc/asound/card0/pcm0*/sub0/* files.

does this laptop have multiple codecs?  you can find them in
/proc/asound/card0/codec97#* directories.


thanks,

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Re: [Alsa-user] [ANN] ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released

[Kai Vehmanen]

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Takashi Iwai wrote:

>> Some of my apps have stopped working after 1.0.0pre1 on a T23 Thinkpad 
>> (intel8x0, 82801).
[...]
>> On the same machine, alsa-driver-0.9.8 works fine, but not with 1.0.0pre1 
>> and 1.0.0pre3.
> what do you mean exactly "don't work" in the above?
> the operation is blocked, or returns an error?
> if it's blocked, check /proc/asound/card0/pcm0*/sub0/* files.

I didn't have time to fully analyze the problem, so I'm a little short of 
details, but few observations:
    
   - playback direction never wakes up as ready
   - capture direction wakes up but snd_pcm_delay() returns
     odd values

> does this laptop have multiple codecs?  you can find them in
> /proc/asound/card0/codec97#* directories.

I'm pretty sure it doesn't. Anyways, I'll check this tomorrow.

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problems with intel8x0 and 1.0.0pre3 (was: Re: [ANN] ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released)

[Kai Vehmanen]

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Takashi Iwai wrote:

>> On the same machine, alsa-driver-0.9.8 works fine, but not with 1.0.0pre1 
>> and 1.0.0pre3.
> what do you mean exactly "don't work" in the above?
> the operation is blocked, or returns an error?
> if it's blocked, check /proc/asound/card0/pcm0*/sub0/* files.

I think I found the problem. In 1.0.0preX, the supported sampling rate 
is limited to 48000Hz and this causes all kinds of problems if running 
with lower rates (I've mostly tested running at 8000Hz) - i.e. when
using alsa-lib for sr-conversion.

With 1.0.0pre3, for example "arecord -r 8000 - |aplay -r 8000 -" produces 
constant xruns. A similar app that relies on poll()/select(), fails even 
more severely. When looking at... 

  /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params and
  /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/sub0/hw_params 

.. the rate is locked to 48000 with 1.0.0pre3. On the same machine with
0.9.8, the hw-rate is 8000. I've used the 'default' PCM device in all my
tests.

> does this laptop have multiple codecs?  you can find them in
> /proc/asound/card0/codec97#* directories.

Nopes, '/proc/asound/card0/codec97#0/ac97#0-0' is the only one,
and contains:
--cut--
0-0/0: Cirrus Logic CS4299 rev 6

Capabilities     : -headphone out-
DAC resolution   : 20-bit
ADC resolution   : 18-bit
3D enhancement   : Crystal Semi 3D Stereo Enhancement

Current setup
Mic gain         : +0dB [+0dB]
POP path         : pre 3D
Sim. stereo      : off
3D enhancement   : off
Loudness         : off
Mono output      : MIX
Mic select       : Mic1
ADC/DAC loopback : off
Extended ID      : codec=0 rev=0 AMAP DSA=0 VRA
Extended status  : VRA
PCM front DAC    : 48000Hz
PCM ADC          : 48000Hz
SPDIF Control    : Consumer PCM Category=0x2 Generation=1 Rate=48kHz
--cut--

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Re: problems with intel8x0 and 1.0.0pre3 (was: Re: [ANN] ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released)

[Takashi Iwai]

At Thu, 27 Nov 2003 18:16:05 +0200 (EET),
Kai Vehmanen wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> 
> >> On the same machine, alsa-driver-0.9.8 works fine, but not with 1.0.0pre1 
> >> and 1.0.0pre3.
> > what do you mean exactly "don't work" in the above?
> > the operation is blocked, or returns an error?
> > if it's blocked, check /proc/asound/card0/pcm0*/sub0/* files.
> 
> I think I found the problem. In 1.0.0preX, the supported sampling rate 
> is limited to 48000Hz and this causes all kinds of problems if running 
> with lower rates (I've mostly tested running at 8000Hz) - i.e. when
> using alsa-lib for sr-conversion.
> 
> With 1.0.0pre3, for example "arecord -r 8000 - |aplay -r 8000 -" produces 
> constant xruns. A similar app that relies on poll()/select(), fails even 
> more severely. When looking at... 
> 
>   /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params and
>   /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/sub0/hw_params 
> 
> .. the rate is locked to 48000 with 1.0.0pre3. On the same machine with
> 0.9.8, the hw-rate is 8000. I've used the 'default' PCM device in all my
> tests.
> 
> > does this laptop have multiple codecs?  you can find them in
> > /proc/asound/card0/codec97#* directories.
> 
> Nopes, '/proc/asound/card0/codec97#0/ac97#0-0' is the only one,

ok, then the problem is not the multiple codec but the detection of
available sample rates...


Takashi

> and contains:
> --cut--
> 0-0/0: Cirrus Logic CS4299 rev 6
> 
> Capabilities     : -headphone out-
> DAC resolution   : 20-bit
> ADC resolution   : 18-bit
> 3D enhancement   : Crystal Semi 3D Stereo Enhancement
> 
> Current setup
> Mic gain         : +0dB [+0dB]
> POP path         : pre 3D
> Sim. stereo      : off
> 3D enhancement   : off
> Loudness         : off
> Mono output      : MIX
> Mic select       : Mic1
> ADC/DAC loopback : off
> Extended ID      : codec=0 rev=0 AMAP DSA=0 VRA
> Extended status  : VRA
> PCM front DAC    : 48000Hz
> PCM ADC          : 48000Hz
> SPDIF Control    : Consumer PCM Category=0x2 Generation=1 Rate=48kHz
> --cut--
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Re: Re: problems with intel8x0 and 1.0.0pre3 (was: Re: [ANN] ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released)

[Takashi Iwai]

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At Thu, 27 Nov 2003 17:23:43 +0100,
I wrote:
> 
> At Thu, 27 Nov 2003 18:16:05 +0200 (EET),
> Kai Vehmanen wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > 
> > >> On the same machine, alsa-driver-0.9.8 works fine, but not with 1.0.0pre1 
> > >> and 1.0.0pre3.
> > > what do you mean exactly "don't work" in the above?
> > > the operation is blocked, or returns an error?
> > > if it's blocked, check /proc/asound/card0/pcm0*/sub0/* files.
> > 
> > I think I found the problem. In 1.0.0preX, the supported sampling rate 
> > is limited to 48000Hz and this causes all kinds of problems if running 
> > with lower rates (I've mostly tested running at 8000Hz) - i.e. when
> > using alsa-lib for sr-conversion.
> > 
> > With 1.0.0pre3, for example "arecord -r 8000 - |aplay -r 8000 -" produces 
> > constant xruns. A similar app that relies on poll()/select(), fails even 
> > more severely. When looking at... 
> > 
> >   /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params and
> >   /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/sub0/hw_params 
> > 
> > .. the rate is locked to 48000 with 1.0.0pre3.

do you mean both for playback and capture, or only on capture side?
if the playback rate isn't set correctly (i.e. aplay -Dhw with 44.1kHz
doesn't work), it's a serious problem.
but, if it's a capture side, right now i found and fixed a bug.
could you try and check whether it works for you?


Takashi

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Index: alsa-kernel/pci/ac97/ac97_pcm.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /suse/tiwai/cvs/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/ac97/ac97_pcm.c,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.4 ac97_pcm.c
--- alsa-kernel/pci/ac97/ac97_pcm.c	24 Nov 2003 11:12:24 -0000	1.4
+++ alsa-kernel/pci/ac97/ac97_pcm.c	27 Nov 2003 18:04:19 -0000
@@ -145,6 +145,19 @@
   }
 }};
 
+/* FIXME: more various mappings for ADC? */
+static unsigned char rate_cregs[9] = {
+	AC97_PCM_LR_ADC_RATE,	/* 3 */
+	AC97_PCM_LR_ADC_RATE,	/* 4 */
+	0xff,			/* 5 */
+	AC97_PCM_MIC_ADC_RATE,	/* 6 */
+	0xff,			/* 7 */
+	0xff,			/* 8 */
+	0xff,			/* 9 */
+	0xff,			/* 10 */
+	0xff,			/* 11 */
+};
+
 static unsigned char get_slot_reg(struct ac97_pcm *pcm, unsigned short cidx,
 				  unsigned short slot, int dbl)
 {
@@ -152,7 +165,10 @@
 		return 0xff;
 	if (slot > 11)
 		return 0xff;
-	return rate_reg_tables[dbl][pcm->r[dbl].rate_table[cidx]][slot - 3];
+	if (pcm->stream == SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK)
+		return rate_preg_tables[dbl][pcm->r[dbl].rate_table[cidx]][slot - 3];
+	else
+		return rate_cregs[slot - 3];
 }
 
 static int set_spdif_rate(ac97_t *ac97, unsigned short rate)
@@ -380,7 +396,6 @@
 	const struct ac97_pcm *pcm;
 	struct ac97_pcm *rpcms, *rpcm;
 	unsigned short avail_slots[2][4];
-	unsigned short all_slots[2][4];
 	unsigned char rate_table[2][4];
 	unsigned short tmp, slots;
 	unsigned int rates;
@@ -390,7 +405,7 @@
 	if (rpcms == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	memset(avail_slots, 0, sizeof(avail_slots));
-	memset(all_slots, 0, sizeof(all_slots));
+	memset(rate_table, 0, sizeof(rate_table));
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
 		codec = bus->codec[i];
 		if (! codec)
@@ -401,8 +416,6 @@
 			for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
 				avail_slots[1][i] &= ~avail_slots[1][j];
 		}
-		all_slots[0][i] = avail_slots[0][i];
-		all_slots[1][i] = avail_slots[1][i];
 	}
 	/* FIXME: add double rate allocation */
 	/* first step - exclusive devices */
@@ -430,7 +443,7 @@
 				if (tmp) {
 					rpcm->r[0].rslots[j] = tmp;
 					rpcm->r[0].codec[j] = bus->codec[j];
-					rpcm->r[0].rate_table[j] = rate_table[0][j];
+					rpcm->r[0].rate_table[j] = rate_table[pcm->stream][j];
 					rates = get_rates(rpcm, j, tmp, 0);
 					avail_slots[pcm->stream][j] &= ~tmp;
 				}

Re: Re: problems with intel8x0 and 1.0.0pre3 (was: Re: [ANN] ALSA 1.0.0pre1 is released)

[Kai Vehmanen]

Hi,

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Takashi Iwai wrote:
>>>   /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params and
>>> .. the rate is locked to 48000 with 1.0.0pre3.
> do you mean both for playback and capture, or only on capture side?
> if the playback rate isn't set correctly (i.e. aplay -Dhw with 44.1kHz
> doesn't work), it's a serious problem.

that seems to be the case. I get this error:

--cut--
[kaiv@hed040-169 ad]$ aplay -Dhw:0 ~/mp3/foo2.wav 
Playing WAVE '/home/kaiv/mp3/foo2.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 
44100 Hz, Stereo
Warning: rate is not accurate (requested = 44100Hz, got = 48000Hz)
         please, try the plug plugin (-Dplug:hw:0)
--cut--

With an app that opens playback and capture with 8000kHz, the hw_params 
output looks like this:

--cut--
[root@hed040-169 pub]# cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params 
access: MMAP_INTERLEAVED
format: S16_LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 48000 (48000/1)
period_size: 960
buffer_size: 1920
tick_time: 10000
[root@hed040-169 pub]# cat /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/sub0/hw_params 
access: MMAP_INTERLEAVED
format: S16_LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 8000 (8000/1)
period_size: 160
buffer_size: 320
tick_time: 10000
--cut--

> but, if it's a capture side, right now i found and fixed a bug.
> could you try and check whether it works for you?

The above results are with your patch applied. The ADC rate seems to be
correct.

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Re: problems with intel8x0 and 1.0.0pre3

[Kai Vehmanen]

Hello,

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Kai Vehmanen wrote:
> With 1.0.0pre3, for example "arecord -r 8000 - |aplay -r 8000 -" produces 
> constant xruns. A similar app that relies on poll()/select(), fails even 
> more severely. When looking at... 

this problem was fixed in 1.0.0rc1! It seems that the final commit to 
ac97_pcm.c (rev1.7) took care of the problem (the added 'rpcm->stream == 
rpcms[k].stream' check).

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