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Date:      Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:06:15 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: squealing/whistling audio
Message-ID:  <alpine.GSO.1.10.1209191400400.861@multics.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <5059194F.4090002@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <5059194F.4090002@FreeBSD.org>

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On Tue, 18 Sep 2012, Doug Barton wrote:

> Sometime in the last couple of months an old problem has resurfaced on
> HEAD, a sort of squealing/whistling sound in the audio, even without
> anything playing. The sound is similar to the wind whistling through
> something.
>
> Before I blindly go off on a bisecting spree, does anyone have a
> suggestion as to where I might look?

It calls to mind this thread:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2009-February/003608.html
(with later followups 
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2009-July/009839.html 
and 
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2009-July/009850.html 
(and others?))

I had relief in my headphones with machdep.idle=spin, though that is only 
really useful when I am not paying my electricity bill...

I agree with Matt that the noise is physically coming from analog 
leakage/crosstalk, and a software remedy will be something like disabling 
unused lines/pins.

-Ben Kaduk



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