Re: [BUG 2579] linux 2.6.* sound problems

[Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org>]

Patrizio Bassi wrote:

> Ray Lee ha scritto:
>
>> On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 18:04 +0100, Patrizio Bassi wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> On 10/31/05, Patrizio Bassi <patrizio.bassi@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> starting from 2.6.0 (2 years ago) i have the following bug.
>>>>> link: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2579
>>
>>
>>
>>>>> fast summary:
>>>>> when playing audio and using a bit the harddisk (i.e. md5sum of a 
200mb
>>>>> file) i hear noises, related to disk activity. more hd is used, 
more chicks
>>>>> and ZZZZ noises happen.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Does hdparm -i (or -I) show differences between the 2.4 kernels and
>>>> 2.6? 2.6 has new IDE drivers, and so perhaps your system isn't using
>>>> the best driver any more.
>>>>
>>>> You may also want to compare lspci -vv of your IDE controller and
>>>> sound card between 2.4 and 2.6, and see if there are any differences.
>>>>
>>>> No guarantees, but this is where you'd start.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Ready to test any patch/solution.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Try that. If nothing obvious appears in the examination, you may want
>>>> to try the 2.6.14-rt1 patchset from Ingo Molnar. It's designed to
>>>> reduce latency in the kernel, but also has a latency tracer that may
>>>> be particularly useful for your problem. (Assuming it's a latency
>>>> issue, and not a hardware misconfiguration due to 2.6 doing something
>>>> wrong.)


I've seen something like this yesterday on ECS P6EXP-Me board (i440EX 
chipset) with onboard CMI8338 PCI sound chip. The sound was distorted 
when e.g. moving mouse in Windows. When I disabled "PCI 2.1 support" in 
BIOS, the problem disappeared in Windows. But when I booted Slax LiveCD, 
the same problem appeared - so I think that Linux enables something 
that's causing these problems with some PCI sound devices on these chipsets.

--
Ondrej Zary

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