Compiling for athlon uses 3dnow for moving blocks of data. During the move it can't be preempted since 3dnow uses floating point registers - and they are not saved in this case...
/RogerL On Tuesday 13 November 2001 21:11, you wrote: > this isn't my area of expertise, but any reason why you're compiling for a > 386 when yer running on an athlon? > > cd > > in spite of sustenance: > http://www.radiopenny.com/cd/projects/inspiteofsustenance.html > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maarten de Boer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 11:09 AM > Subject: [linux-audio-dev] weird distortion with alsa latency test > > > Hi, I wrote this before, but I did not get any response. > > > > When I compile my kernel for i386 on an AMD Athlon, the > > alsa latency test is giving me weird distortion (knispering > > sound, like a dusty vinyl record) > > $ arecord -r 44100 -f S16_LE | aplay > > does not seem to have this problem. > > > > It really does not make much sense to me, and I am recompiling > > (again....) my kernel to make sure. Does anybody have a clue of > > what might be going on? > > > > Maarten -- Roger Larsson Skellefte� Sweden
