Re: [Alsa-devel] Re: Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-12-03 Thread Ben Bell
On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 11:46:35AM +0100, Emmanuel Fleury wrote: > So you are using the ice1712 driver ? > Actually the bug has been fixed only on the ens1370 driver. Thanks to all who worked on this -- I've been getting hangs with the ens1370 for as long as I can remember. I'll await the next rel

Re: [Alsa-devel] Re: Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-12-02 Thread Emmanuel Fleury
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Yes, following your advice, I downloaded the brand new tree and > compiled it. SMP Abit VP6 with 2 PIII locks up whenever I launch the > first numID of amixer contents (it makes search for configuration of > cs8427 chip -Cirrus Logic-), or whenever launching any

[Alsa-devel] Re: Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-12-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Emmanuel wrote: > Did you tried to get the last CVS archive ? Yes, following your advice, I downloaded the brand new tree and compiled it. SMP Abit VP6 with 2 PIII locks up whenever I launch the first numID of amixer contents (it makes search for configuration of cs8427 chip -Cirrus L

Re: Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-12-01 Thread Emmanuel Fleury
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > HELP !!! Still freeze on smp-machine with card Terratec ewx24/96 > ice1712. Any patch for this card. I suspect here too there is a > problem of spin_unlock. Did you tried to get the last CVS archive ? What sort of freeze are you getting ? (what software are running,

[Alsa-devel] Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-12-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HELP !!! Still freeze on smp-machine with card Terratec ewx24/96 ice1712. Any patch for this card. I suspect here too there is a problem of spin_unlock. Thank you. Paolo > Fixed. > > > Jaroslav Kysela produced a patch that fixed this problem perfectly. It > seems to be a spinl

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-12-01 Thread Emmanuel Fleury
Fixed. Jaroslav Kysela produced a patch that fixed this problem perfectly. It seems to be a spinlock problem. The patch is now available from the CVS archive. Thanks a lot to Jaroslav -- Emmanuel Either (a) Solaris has solved the faster-than-light problem, and Sun engineers should get

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-29 Thread Steve Harris
On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 04:21:31PM +0100, Jaroslav Kysela wrote: > > Can you try the lasest CVS code or this patch? Nice one. Tried CVS, seems to have fixed it. I got a segfault from ardour, and my machine is still up. I'l stress it some more, and shout if I manage to make it lock up. Thanks,

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-29 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Steve Harris wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 05:32:15PM +0100, Jaroslav Kysela wrote: > > It's very much better to use the alsa-driver/utils/insert script, and look > > to alsa-driver/snd.map file for the IP address, where driver crashed. We > > can determine easily the func

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-29 Thread Steve Harris
On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 05:32:15PM +0100, Jaroslav Kysela wrote: > It's very much better to use the alsa-driver/utils/insert script, and look > to alsa-driver/snd.map file for the IP address, where driver crashed. We > can determine easily the function. OK, done that now. I'm a bit lost now thoug

[Alsa-devel] Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS So that the problem has ran out as an non-hardware specific, - few weeks ago we were searching for incompatibility between Abit VP6 and alsa-0.9beta > than beta7, which is working - I ask if anyone had an idea for re-reading lowlevel code (i2c and cs8427.

[Alsa-devel] Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS So that the problem has ran out as an non-hardware specific, - few weeks ago we were searching for incompatibility between Abit VP6 and alsa-0.9beta > than beta7, which is working - I ask if anyone had an idea for re-reading lowlevel code (i2c and cs8427.

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-29 Thread Emmanuel Fleury
Robert Siemer wrote: > > Like any driver, it owns the cpu until finished or until driver code > gives cpu away. The driver can only be pre-empted by interrupts and > such. > > The kernel is not monitoring itself, it's monitoring user space > processes... Yes, I think I get it. Of course the k

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-29 Thread Robert Siemer
From: Emmanuel Fleury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > What is suprising me is that the kernel should take care of the > liveness of the system and it seems to not detect this problem (I > mean the distribution of cpu time should be fair among processes). > > I can add that I noticed that even if there is

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-29 Thread Emmanuel Fleury
Hi folks, Ok, I had made some tests yesterday evening and I will go on this evening. I tried the magic key and the insert (actually now I get what it is doing and this is very nice!). But I did those things in the wrong order and I have to start again the 'get ready and freeze' session this

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-29 Thread Steve Harris
On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 10:43:21PM +0100, Peter Enderborg wrote: > Emmanuel Fleury wrote: > > I have also a freez. > This is on the midipart. I have got it two times now. And the oops is not > in my kernel log so I got it by paper. I hope this can help. > My test is simple: > run pmidi-1.5.4 (mo

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-28 Thread Peter Enderborg
Emmanuel Fleury wrote: I have also a freez. This is on the midipart. I have got it two times now. And the oops is not in my kernel log so I got it by paper. I hope this can help. My test is simple: run pmidi-1.5.4 (more then one at once) And start and stop them with kill -STOP/-CONT. After a whi

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-28 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Emmanuel Fleury wrote: > Jaroslav Kysela wrote: > > > On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Steve Harris wrote: > > > > It's very much better to use the alsa-driver/utils/insert script, and look > > to alsa-driver/snd.map file for the IP address, where driver crashed. We > > can determine eas

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-28 Thread Emmanuel Fleury
Jaroslav Kysela wrote: > On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Steve Harris wrote: > > It's very much better to use the alsa-driver/utils/insert script, and look > to alsa-driver/snd.map file for the IP address, where driver crashed. We > can determine easily the function. Ooops, I already got the Sys Rq key in

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-28 Thread Robert Siemer
From: Emmanuel Fleury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Steve Harris wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 01:12:17AM +0100, Emmanuel Fleury wrote: > > > > If you're hitting the same bug as me then the oops never gets written > > because the IRQ handler gets disabled. > > I don't know exactly if it is the same

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-28 Thread Jaroslav Kysela
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Steve Harris wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 01:12:17AM +0100, Emmanuel Fleury wrote: > > > > My BIG problem was that I really can't get any log from this problem. > > No ooops, no strace output (the file was existing but was empty), no > > syslog, nothing ! :-/ > > If you'r

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-28 Thread Emmanuel Fleury
Steve Harris wrote: > On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 01:12:17AM +0100, Emmanuel Fleury wrote: > > If you're hitting the same bug as me then the oops never gets written > because the IRQ handler gets disabled. I don't know exactly if it is the same than you. I don't have enough information to be sure

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-28 Thread Steve Harris
On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 01:12:17AM +0100, Emmanuel Fleury wrote: > > My BIG problem was that I really can't get any log from this problem. > No ooops, no strace output (the file was existing but was empty), no > syslog, nothing ! :-/ If you're hitting the same bug as me then the oops never gets

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-28 Thread Emmanuel Fleury
Hi again, Some new infos (just in case somebody is interested :-)). The Alsa-OSS modules are not involved (it crash even if they are not loaded. I tried to reach my computer via the network after a crash. Suprisingly, ping is working fine but neither ssh neither telnet or ftp or anything is

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-28 Thread Emmanuel Fleury
Duncan Sands wrote: > > Try using the magic SysRq key to get information (see the > sysrq.txt file in the linux/Documentation directory of your > kernel sources; you will probably have to recompile your > kernel). Good idea ! I wasn't thinking about it ! I will try, thanks -- Emmanuel We

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-28 Thread Emmanuel Fleury
Josh Green wrote > > So I take it machine is unusable after freeze? Well, the freeze seems to stop all keyboard and mouse events. The cursor is still blinking, and the mpeg123 weird bug is telling me that the computer is somehow still active. But I didn't tried to reach it by the network (I

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-27 Thread Duncan Sands
> So I tried to collect as much information as I can about this freezing > bug. Try using the magic SysRq key to get information (see the sysrq.txt file in the linux/Documentation directory of your kernel sources; you will probably have to recompile your kernel). Duncan. ___

Re: [Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-27 Thread Josh Green
On Tue, 2001-11-27 at 16:12, Emmanuel Fleury wrote: > > Moreover, I don't know WHERE it is freezing. It must definitely be > somewhere in the kernel (you can't blow up Linux like this without being > directly in the kernel), but where precisely ??? Dunno. > > So, Hlp ! :-) So I take it m

[Alsa-devel] Freeze on SMP with Alsa-0.9.0 CVS

2001-11-27 Thread Emmanuel Fleury
Hi, So I tried to collect as much information as I can about this freezing bug. First I am running with a Debian testing/unstable (Sid). To 'celebrate' the bug, I compiled two kernel 2.4.16, one smp and one mono (to see if it was SMP related). My hardware is: - Dual-proc PentiumII@450MHz - Moth