Messages in this thread |  | | From | Mws <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ALSA: hda-intel - Disable MSI support by default | Date | Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:10:15 +0100 |
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On Wednesday 15 November 2006 22:10, Mws wrote: > On Wednesday 15 November 2006 21:14, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Mws wrote: > > > > > > after some small discussions on alsa-user ml i recognised this > > > thread today. > > > i thought my problem could also exist on this msi stuff. > > > i disabled msi in kernel config, reboot, and, after starting x & kde > > > i got immediately a freeze. > > > last and maybe important last try has been to > > > enable msi support _but_ boot kernel with cmdline pci=nomsi > > > this finally did work out. i got a working sound environment again. > > > > I expect that you have the exact same issue as Olivier: the "hang" is > > probably because you started using the sound device (beeping on the > > console is handled by the old built-in speaker, but in X a single beep > > tends to be due to sound device drivers), and because of sound irq > > misrouting you had some other device (like your harddisk) that got their > > irq disabled due to the "nobody cared" issue. > > > > > i find it a bit abnormal that the disabling msi in kernel config behaviour > > > is different from kernel cmdline pci=nomsi option. > > > > Now, that does actually worry me. It _should_ have worked with CONFIG_MSI > > disabled. I wonder if some of the MSI workarounds actually broke the HDA > > driver subtly. > > > > Anyway, it would be a good idea to test the current -git tree if you can, > > both with CONFIG_MSI and without (and _without_ any "pci=nomsi" kernel > > command line). It should hopefully work, exactly because the HDA driver > > now shouldn't even try to do any MSI stuff by default. > > > > Knock wood. > > > > Linus > hi, > > linus, just cloned current git, but will test it tomorrow morning. > > will inform you on the results. > > thanks > marcel
hi,
i just tried the git that i cloned yesterday, when you asked me to, linus.
i don't get any freezes and sound is fine. no cmdline option pci=nomsi and msi enabled in .config
thanks for your help.
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