From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rene Herman Subject: Re: [regression] 2.6.25-rc4 snd-es18xx broken on Alpha Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:08:41 +0100 Message-ID: <47D54EF9.1080901@keyaccess.nl> References: <20080308035828.E9403DBA2@gherkin.frus.com> <20080309153425.GA1391@jurassic.park.msu.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080309153425.GA1391@jurassic.park.msu.ru> Sender: linux-alpha-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Ivan Kokshaysky Cc: Bob Tracy , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, ALSA devel On 09-03-08 16:34, Ivan Kokshaysky wrote: > On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 09:58:28PM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: >> (1) Using the sox-based "play" command to play a short ".wav" file >> results in the file being played approx. 1.5 times, i.e., it plays >> all the way through, then restarts from the beginning and quits >> somewhere in the middle of the second playback. At least the >> sound doesn't seem distorted... >> >> (2) Using "mpg123" results in silence at first, then after about 30 >> seconds, a tight loop of random repeating sound (doesn't sound like >> part of the mp3 file, but it's probably derived from it :-)) until >> the process is forcibly killed. > > Sounds like a DMA screwup. However, I'm pretty sure that it's not a > generic ALSA problem with ISA DMA, as my good old GUS MAX still works > perfectly on lx164 (machine that is very similar to your miata) as > I checked yesterday with patched 2.6.25-rc4. :-) > >> I have to hit C twice to interrupt playback. >> >> /proc/asound/cards looks normal: >> >> 0 [ES1888 ]: ES1888 - ESS AudioDrive ES1888 >> ESS AudioDrive ES1888 at 0x220, irq 5, dma1 1, dma2 5 > > I wonder if it still works on x86 - perhaps you ought to ask ALSA folks. > I'll search my machine room next week - I recall that there were a dozen > of old ISA soundcards, maybe there is some es18xx stuff, but chances > are slim... Missed the original mssage, adding alsa-devel. I have a few dozen es18xx's cards but no Alpha's. Am compiling a 2.6.25-rc4 onto an x86 test box now. Rene.