Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 23:36:35 +0800 (CST) From: =?gb2312?q?Jun=20Su?= <csujun@yahoo.com> To: Chuck McCrobie <mccrobie2000@yahoo.com>, csujun@21cn.com, Pete Carah <pete@ns.altadena.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VAIO problems still Message-ID: <20030418153635.91854.qmail@web41806.mail.yahoo.com>
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Amazing. One line code fix the problem. I can enjoy music now. I suggest someone have a deep look at this. If this can be commited, I will very happy. :-) Jun Su On Thursday 17 April 2003 23:21, Chuck McCrobie wrote: > --- Jun Su <csujun@yahoo.com> wrote: > > --- Pete Carah <pete@ns.altadena.net> wrote: > > > > Have you checked if there is a BIOS update in > > > > Sony > > > > > web > > > > > > > site. I upgrade BIOS for my R505DL. It fixed > > > > > > several > > > > > > > ACPI related problem in its ASL. > > > > > > Have the latest (dated last November). It covers > > > all > > > 505ES, 505ESP, 505ESK versions. Checked today for > > > anything > > > newer :-( > > > > > > -- Pete > > > > > > > However, the sound problem in VAIO is still > > > > there. > > > > > :( > > > > > > Booo. Mine kind-of works. I think getting some > > > > of > > > > > the devices > > > off of irq9 will help. > > > > ^^^^ How? My problem is when I move my mouse > > quickly, > > the sound is good. However, when I don't, the sound > > stop. The problem is no IRQ9 interrupt can be raised > > by the sound card. :( > > > > Jun > > <rant - please note this applies to the GRX-670 - > YMMV> > > UGH! UGH! UGH! Please see: > > http://w3.mivlmd.cablespeed.com/~mccrobie > > Let me know if this fixes your problem - or not. > > I have diagnosed this problem on the Sony Vaio GRX-670 > six months ago. > > There is nothing you can do to get devices off of > IRQ9, that I know of. If its any consolation, Windows > 2000 lists ethernet, firewire, usb, cardbus ALL on > IRQ9. Since FreeBSD shares interrupts, I have not > noted any performance issues with so many devices on > the same interrupt, although I don't generally have > USB, firewire, sound, and ethernet all going at the > time. > > The problem with audio is that FreeBSD does NOT route > the existing interrupt. The patch on the above web > site hacks the routing of the interrupt. > > I can play sound WITHOUT moving my mouse, without > network traffic, etc. > > Because the interrupt is shared, the ich3 sound driver > gets its interrupt routine called when anything that > gets IRQ9 is used - including USB mouse. The sound > driver than finds work to do and does it - the result > is you get sound. > > FreeBSD does not seem to setup the interrupt mechanism > to enable delivery of the IRQ9 for sound, because > sound already has an assigned interrupt. > > I've been waiting for someone to fix this. I posted > this patch several months ago, but the response was > "this does nothing for IO APIC" - I don't know what > that is or how it affects this issue, but if it fixes > the problem, it would greatly be appreciated. > > <rant off - hopefully this fixes other Vaio's> > > Chuck McCrobie > mccrobie2000@yahoo.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 更多惊喜，同样精彩，NetVista A30 热卖 http://ad.cn.doubleclick.net/clk;5313999;7930402;p?http://www.ibm.com/cn/promotion/pc/netvista_a30/index.shtml
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