Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Dec 2001 17:16:00 +0100 | From | Peter Wächtler <> | Subject | Re: Who fixed via82cxxx_audio.c ? |
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Nicholas Knight schrieb: > > Several months back, I started trying to get the via82cxxx_audio.c > sound driver fixed, it was causing lockup problems whenever something > opened and/or used the mixer. A similar route was taken as I took with > the Athlon optimization problems, trying to get everyone to send as > much information as possible on their cards using this driver. This > never really led anywhere, and the only information gleaned was that > dropping buffers down to extremely low levels helped in some cases, but > not all, and didn't always completely fix it. > > After 2.4.10 was released, I stopped updating my kernel for a variety > of reasons (less time spent in linux, long story.) However a while back > I updated to 2.4.16, and decided to load XMMS just for the hell of it, > not 5 minutes ago. To my delight, the problem is completely solved. I > checked all the changelogs from 2.4.10 to now, and the only mention I > found searching for "97" (ac97 codec is used) and "via82" was in the > 2.4.*17* changelog, saying Jeff was no longer the maintainer. > I'd like to know who managed to find and fix the underlying cause, so I > can both thank them, and find out what the heck this problem that > plagued me for many months was.
I would check the ChangeLog of the audio driver, since the hardware access to the ac97 mixer is done there.
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