From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.164]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78941DDFD2 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 21:04:31 +1000 (EST) Received: from [192.168.5.102] (213.66.47.229) by pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (7.2.075) id 46245DE100397CF4 for linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org; Tue, 1 May 2007 11:54:57 +0200 Subject: Status of snd-powermac? From: Anders Gudmundsson To: linuxppc-dev Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 11:51:26 +0200 Message-Id: <1178013086.7194.24.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: anders.gudmundsson@telia.com List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , I hope this is the right forum for this question... A number of TiBook/iBook users running post 2.6.20 kernels has been affected by a bug related to the snd-powermac driver for Pmac Snapper cards: Ubuntu bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/87652 Thread on ubuntuforums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=412151 Short summary: snd-powermac loads (specified in /etc/modules) Sound is produced for a randomly short period never exceeding 5 seconds, then stops. No errors are given (even if the drivers are configured with debug), the application hangs and blocks the sound device. No matter what versions of alsa-libs or alsa-drivers used, the bug persists. (Only booting a pre 2.6.20 kernel helps - or using the old oss dmasound_pmac driver) My question: Is the snd-powermac driver to be phased out for the snd-aoa, and is support planned for older cards (PB IV, G3 iBooks etc.) in snd-aoa? Regards! Anders