From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 20:34:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 20:34:41 -0500 Received: from f81.law15.hotmail.com ([64.4.23.81]:4366 "EHLO hotmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 20:34:30 -0500 X-Originating-IP: [80.225.70.52] From: "Jason Algol" To: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: i810_audio support Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 01:34:24 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Feb 2002 01:34:25.0123 (UTC) FILETIME=[E39D6B30:01C1BF2E] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >From: Alan Cox >To: fooooobar@hotmail.com (Jason Algol) >CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >Subject: Re: i810_audio support >Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 22:58:28 +0000 (GMT) > > > I dont know very much about the workings of sound cards, but the problem >is > > that when playing anything a total crackling in the background that >makes > > the audio almost unusable...a real pity. > >There are plenty of funnies in the i810 audio (actually mostly the driver >just doesn't seem to want to lie down and behave not such the hardware). >The crackling audio isn't one of the problems seen anywhere. > A friend of mine with the same machine ( a tiny p4 1500 based machine ) suffers from this also, but they bought a commercial driver ( OSS?, im not sure.. ) that fixed the problem, there a couple of mentions of it on dejagoo, but no solutions offered. >What AC97 codec is attached to your card, and also does it help if you >turn volume levels down a bit and turn all the recording inputs right off ? This is some of my dmesg info : Intel 810 + AC97 Audio, version 0.21, 00:53:47 Feb 27 2002 PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 00:1f.5 PCI: Sharing IRQ 10 with 00:1f.3 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1f.5 to 64 i810: Intel ICH2 found at IO 0xe000 and 0xdc00, IRQ 10 i810_audio: Audio Controller supports 6 channels. ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: 0x8384:0x7609 (SigmaTel STAC9721/23) i810_audio: only 48Khz playback available. i810_audio: AC'97 codec 0 supports AMAP, total channels = 2 ac97_codec: AC97 Modem codec, id: 0x5349:0x4c22 (Silicon Laboratory Si3036) i810_audio: timed out waiting for codec 1 analog ready _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.