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From: Michel Dänzer <daenzerm@student.ethz.ch>
To: Iain Sandoe <iain@sandoe.co.uk>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <bh40@calva.net>
Subject: Re: Updated DMASOUND patches
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 01:27:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3988AE56.BBA10EFA@student.ethz.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 200008021950.UAA23533@hyperion.valhalla.net


Iain Sandoe wrote:

> 2.4.0-test5
>
> This is much more flaky **with identical code**  there is no crashing (yet)
> - but a strong tendency for almost any activity to cut off the sound.
> opening the mixer control is a really good way of doing it.  Once the panel
> is open you can restart the sound and all is hunky-dory... but...

I've noticed that 2.4.0-test4 is much more sluggish than any 2.2 kernel I've
used. Turning on DMA for the HD (yep, didn't do it automatically) helps a bit,
but not totally.


> I guess I'm a little suspicious of the new wait-queue stuff (that's really
> the only major change to the sound side).

There's a whole new kernel around the sound driver ;)


Michel


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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-08-02 19:50 Updated DMASOUND patches Iain Sandoe
2000-08-02 23:27 ` Michel Dänzer [this message]
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2000-08-03  7:42 Iain Sandoe

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