>This is probably a silly question, but have you tested this driver and >option with an HDSP 9652 card at your site? > >The current driver in the Alsa 0.9.6 release doesn't work very well for me: > >1) Mono wave files work using aplay work fine. >2) Stereo wave files using aplay crash Alsa requiring a reboot. >3) Mono sound for games (presumably OSS emulation) seem to work. >4) aplaplayer (straight or using Jack) produces audio 1 out of 20 times I >use it, and then only for about a second or two. >5) 1 out of 10 times starting an application (games mostly) that uses sound >results in a process called 'ksoftirq_CPU0' using 70% of the CPU cycles and >the machine becoming very, very slow. A reboot is required.
i haven't used the hdsp9652 very much, and i certainly don't ever use it with aplay. i don't use aplay for anything, really. i've used it for periods of time with ardour+JACK, but i am mostly using the hdsp+digiface that is present as well. as a side, i must note that i have a bad feeling about ALSA on SMP systems right now as well. running JACK with SCHED_FIFO seems to be relatively capable of inducing system lockups at the moment. without SCHED_FIFO, it seems OK. this is running the Planet 2.4.21 kernel on a dual PII. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
