At Fri, 8 Dec 2006 13:53:46 -0500,
Ian E. Morgan wrote:
>
> Since upgrading to 2.6.19, two of my boxes (one workstation, one
> notebook) started making a very loud (and scary) POP from the sound
> system when the alsa modules are loaded. Unloading and reloading the
> modules will generate another pop.
>
> I have removed any fiddling of mixer settings during module
> load/unload; same results.
>
> I have complied the kernel both with and without
> CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE; same results.
>
> The workstation uses snd_emu10k1, the notebook snd_intel8x0, so it's
> affecting more than a single driver.
>
> Anybody else seeing this behaviour and know how to stop it?
Hm, interesting. I thought this should be avoided by disabling
CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE Kconfig.
Do you get the noise at unloading or at loading time?
If it's at unloading time, it's likely in some part of
snd_ac97_powerdown(), handling of AC97_POWERDOWN bits, I guess.
Takashi
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