Re: Sound problems with snd_hda on x86_64

[Denis Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>]

On Friday 28 July 2006 12:29, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > Which is, in turn, is caused by this code:
> > 
> > --- linux-2.6.17.6.org/sound/core/pcm_compat.c	2006-07-15 21:00:43.000000000 +0200
> > +++ linux-2.6.17.6.src/sound/core/pcm_compat.c	2006-07-28 00:35:10.000000000 +0200
> > @@ -478,6 +478,8 @@ static long snd_pcm_ioctl_compat(struct 
> >  	 * mmap of PCM status/control records because of the size
> >  	 * incompatibility.
> >  	 */
> > +printk("substream->no_mmap_ctrl = 1 in %s:%s line %d\n", __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
> > +dump_stack();
> >  	substream->no_mmap_ctrl = 1;
> >  
> >  	switch (cmd) {
> > 
> > It's puzzling. Even a 486 processor, can do 64-bit operations (using cmpxchg8)
> > on memory-mapped areas, why does code disallows mmap for 64-bit CPUs but allows
> > for 32-bit ones?
> 
> On the contrary, the driver disallows mmap for 32bit task on 64bit
> architecture.  This is because the size of the mapped record is
> different between 32bit and 64bit architectures, so it cannot be
> shared.

Why artsd attempts mmap at all then? Why it thinks that
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p is mmap-able when it is not?

> BTW, with the recent version of alsa-lib, you no longer need artsd
> unless you want a network transparent.  Disable it on kde control
> center.

This is good.
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vda