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Subject: Re: Problems with alsa sound drivers for Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 28 Nov 1998 11:39:19 +0100."
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Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 13:41:04 -0600
From: "Kenneth P. Turvey" <kturvey@pug1.sprocketshop.com>
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In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.981128113637.960F-100000@entry.jcu.cz>, 
Jaroslav Kysela writes:
>On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, Kenneth P. Turvey wrote:
>
>ALSA AudioPCI driver works under 2.0.X kernels as well..

Great.  I might prefer to stay with a stable kernel, 2.1.129 doesn't
seem too bad so far however. 

>> Nov 27 20:47:46 pug1 kernel: snd: pcm_user_to_dma: timeout, new block discarded 
>> Nov 27 20:47:56 pug1 kernel: snd: snd_pcm1_flush_playback: timeout, skipping waiting blocks 
>> Nov 27 20:55:21 pug1 kernel: snd: snd: requested ports 0x6000-0x603f busy 
>
>This looks like serious problem. Your card probably doesn't generate
>interrupts... Can you send me contents of 'cat /proc/pci' and 'cat
>/proc/interrupts'?
>

It looks like you are right.  I have included the files below.

---------/proc/interrupts---------- 
           CPU0       
  0:   15766917          XT-PIC  timer
  1:      38169          XT-PIC  keyboard
  2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
  4:      30620          XT-PIC  serial
  8:          2          XT-PIC  rtc
  9:          0          XT-PIC  Ensoniq AudioPCI
 10:       1367          XT-PIC  NE2000
 13:          1          XT-PIC  fpu
 14:     434065          XT-PIC  ide0
NMI:          0
---------/proc/pci-----------------
PCI devices found:
  Bus  0, device   0, function  0:
    Host bridge: UMC UM8891A (rev 1).
      Medium devsel.  Master Capable.  No bursts.  
  Bus  0, device  12, function  0:
    Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq Unknown device (rev 2).
      Vendor id=1274. Device id=1371.
      Slow devsel.  IRQ 9.  Master Capable.  No bursts.  Min Gnt=12.Max Lat=128.
      I/O at 0x6000 [0x6001].
  Bus  0, device  13, function  0:
    VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. Vision 968 (rev 0).
      Medium devsel.  
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf0000000 [0xf0000000].
  Bus  0, device  15, function  0:
    IDE interface: CMD 640 (buggy) (rev 2).
      Medium devsel.  IRQ e.  
  Bus  0, device  18, function  0:
    ISA bridge: UMC UM8886A (rev 1).
      Medium devsel.  Master Capable.  No bursts.  
---------/proc/asound/cards-------------------
0 [card1          ]: AudioPCI - Ensoniq AudioPCI
                     Ensoniq AudioPCI ES1371 at 0x6000, irq 9
-----------------------------------

>
>Which chip? ES1370 or ES1371 (cat /proc/asound/cards reports it). Maybe
>you can try 0.2.0pre10p2 driver which should fix some problems...
>

Does the interrupt problem indicate a hardware or software problem here?

Thanks, 
--
Kenneth P. Turvey <kturvey@SprocketShop.com> 

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