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DateThu, 08 Jan 1998 05:14:23 -0400
From"Garst R. Reese" <>
SubjectRe: sb sound in 2.1.78 not releasing DMA mem.
Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > This problem has existed since the first attempts to modularize sound
> > (.68?)
> 
> Yes
> 
> > repeat the process and total keeps going down.
> 
> I know. The sb driver does effectively leak memory. Unloading the whole
> sound system might reclaim it. This one is still on my bug list but will
> get cleaned up
> 
> Alan
Thanks, I'm a patient man :), but perhaps some big time sound users
could get crashes if they did not notice this.
-- 
Garst

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