From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 21:38:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 21:38:16 -0400 Received: from cx570538-a.elcjn1.sdca.home.com ([24.5.14.144]:11904 "EHLO keroon.dmz.dreampark.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 21:38:10 -0400 Message-ID: <3B772E5A.392C37E8@randomlogic.com> Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 18:33:14 -0700 From: "Paul G. Allen" Organization: Akamai Technologies, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.7-ac10 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Hang problem on Tyan K7 Thunder resolved -- SB Live! heads-up In-Reply-To: <20010812155520.A935@ulthar.internal.mclure.org> <20010812161544.A947@ulthar.internal.mclure.org> <200108130100.f7D10YH07664@penguin.transmeta.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Linus Torvalds wrote: > > In article <3B772126.F23DB1D7@randomlogic.com> you write: > >Call me dumb, but what was wrong with the SB Live! code in the 2.4.7 > >trees? Mine works fine and has since I first installed RH 7.1 on this > >system. The only problem I had was when I compiled it into the kernel > >(instead of compiling as a module), sound would not work and I could not > >configure it with sndconfig. > > Well, the fact that it didn't work when compiled into the kernel means > (for me), that it doesn't work at all. It is annoying not to be able to compile it as part of the kernel, but it works as a module. I had thought that the maintainer would fix this, but as you noted, apparently there is no longer a maintainer. > > Also, if you followed the other thread on the Tyan Thunder lockup, > you'll have noticed that it locked up under heavy PCI loads. At least on > that machine it stopped with the 2.4.8 driver. I hadn't read the entire thread, but I did see that heavy loads seemed to be a problem. I am running a GeForce 3 and when I play games or do other graphics related things - I have a few OpenGL projects I've been working on - I try sqeak every bit of detail and piece of "eye candy" I can out of the system, as well as the best available sound. I'd say running Quake 3 at 1600x1200x32 in multiplayer should be a heavy load on everything, including PCI. > > Does the new driver not work for you? There seems to be a bug at close() > time, in that the driver uses "tasklet_unlock_wait()" instead of > "tasklet_kill()" to kill the tasklets, and that wouldn't work reliably. > > Anything else you can find? > I had just gotten the 2.4.7-ac10 kernel compiled and tweaked when the 2.4.8 kernel was released. I haven't had a chance to install 2.4.8 yet, it's next on my ToDo list. Until now (reference my other post about possible UDMA/ATA issues) I haven't been able to get a stable system for any length of time with any kernel (save for the 5 - 6 other, older, linux machines I have here all running RH 6.0 - 6.2). When I get a 2.4.8 kernel installed I'll see how that works. PGA -- Paul G. Allen UNIX Admin II/Network Security Akamai Technologies, Inc. www.akamai.com