public inbox for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
To: David Ford <david+challenge-response@blue-labs.org>
Cc: linux-kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: ALSA burps, 2.6.7-rc2 VIA VT8233
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 12:02:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <s5hvfhyza2k.wl@alsa2.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40C8FE7C.2060404@blue-labs.org>

At Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:36:12 -0400,
David Ford wrote:
> 
> This machine spams dmesg _very_ frequently with the following message:
> 
>     ALSA sound/pci/via82xx.c:737: invalid via82xx_cur_ptr, using last 
> valid pointer

It means that the driver reads an unexpected value from the CURR_COUNT
register to calculate the current DMA position.  I'm also not sure
what's wrong.  It happens only on a certain hardware.

> It doesn't happen constantly but comes in bursts.  I haven't any idea 
> what triggers it since I can be playing 20 minutes without any messages 
> then there will be 50 of them with no change in computer usage.

You can turn off CONFIG_SND_DEBUG to shut them up.


Takashi

      reply	other threads:[~2004-06-11 10:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-11  0:36 ALSA burps, 2.6.7-rc2 VIA VT8233 David Ford
2004-06-11 10:02 ` Takashi Iwai [this message]

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=s5hvfhyza2k.wl@alsa2.suse.de \
    --to=tiwai@suse.de \
    --cc=alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net \
    --cc=david+challenge-response@blue-labs.org \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox