Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Oct 1998 10:49:18 -0400 (EDT) | From | Gregory Maxwell <> | Subject | Re: Show stoppers |
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Speaking of sound...
Sound still hard-locks my computer:
Dual 166MMX Buslogic SCSI Awe 32 *OR* Plain SB16
Most recently tested kernel: 2.1.125+ac2.
On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Well, don't worry, that's what I have but: > > examine the following situation: > > - cat /dev/sndstat > - the `sound' feature is requested from kerneld > - using modules.conf, kerneld loads up cs4232.o and all the things it > depends on > - a minute passes > - kerneld sees that cs4232.o is not used and unloads it. > The key point here is that it doesn't unload the other modules yet > (they'll have to wait for the next minute) > - cat /dev/sndstat > - kerneld is *not* contacted to load cs4232.o since sound.o is already loaded > and already provides the requested kernel symbols > > Same problem with `midi' vs `sound'. As long as sound.o is loaded, no `midi' > or `sound' request will ever make it to kerneld even though the midi feature > might not have been loaded yet (or might have been unloaded already). > > So how do you fix that ? I know `options -k sound cs4232.o' "solves" > part of the problem by preventing unloading. But I *want* the sound > modules to be unloaded
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