From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 13 21:30:58 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74D0516A41C for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2005 21:30:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mat@cnd.mcgill.ca) Received: from torrent.cc.mcgill.ca (torrent.cc.mcgill.ca [132.206.27.49]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EE7B43D46 for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2005 21:30:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mat@cnd.mcgill.ca) Received: from mailscan5.CC.McGill.CA (mailscan5.CC.McGill.CA [132.216.77.252]) by torrent.cc.mcgill.ca (8.12.11/8.12.3) with ESMTP id j6DLUod5021233; Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:30:55 -0400 Received: from cube.cnd.mcgill.ca (cube.CND.McGill.CA [132.216.25.196]) by mailscan5.CC.McGill.CA (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j6DLUQLg009983; Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:30:26 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain (giant.cnd.mcgill.ca [132.216.11.153]) by cube.cnd.mcgill.ca (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j6DLUKhk003693; Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:30:20 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain (giant [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j6DLUKIK029521; Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:30:20 -0400 Received: (from mat@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j6DLUJl7029520; Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:30:19 -0400 Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:30:19 -0400 From: Mathew Kanner To: Ariff Abdullah Message-ID: <20050713213018.GG20863@cnd.mcgill.ca> References: <20050713200232.GA1247@wanadoo.fr> <20050714044038.0a2d6c81.skywizard@MyBSD.org.my> <20050713204424.GF20863@cnd.mcgill.ca> <20050714051347.0e21a059.skywizard@MyBSD.org.my> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050714051347.0e21a059.skywizard@MyBSD.org.my> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Organization: I speak for myself, operating in Montreal, CANADA Cc: rmgls@wanadoo.fr, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, Mathew Kanner Subject: Re: Massive sound changes / fix (24/32bit pcm support, new X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 21:30:58 -0000 On Jul 13, Ariff Abdullah wrote: > > > On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:44:24 -0400 > Mathew Kanner wrote: > > On Jul 13, Ariff Abdullah wrote: > > > On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 22:02:33 +0200 > > > raoul megelas wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > after applying the patch (July, 8), i notice regular > > > > pops when adjusting the mixer for any input or output. > > > > Is it related to the hardware (ich5), or the driver. > > > > I does not know. Any idea to help? > > > > thanks a lot. > > > > > > > > > > Is the volume level change in a drastic manner or gradually? > > > > Sounds like a locking issue. Writting to the device while > > another thread is already writting to the device. I don't know this > > hardward but have seen this on others. > > --Mat > > > > (hey welcome back!) > > I hope so... But one thing about intel ac97 standard itself is stupid > incompatibility across different vendor. I'm afraid his problem is > because of incorrect mixer resolution detection. ac97.c (line 629) > trying its best to calculate *exact* resolution although already > predefined up there. In any case, we can simply ignore it and carry on > with predefined value (the detection mechanism should be fine though). > > sigh.. I really hope it's about locking issue, which is easier to > mitigate as compare with that. Hi, I'm must be missing something, I think the complaint is noise when adjusting the volumen, not the granularity of the volume level. --Mat