Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 11:05:46 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> To: Mark Stapper <stark@mapper.nl> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Buzzing snd_emu10kx enabled card with r206173 Message-ID: <AANLkTimS8xZ1Lf-49XPb3ZD5fFFIR8SS5Ala_VTKo2oM@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4BFBA130.6060506@mapper.nl> References: <u2q7d6fde3d1004051122madc6ebb4jc3248d8c68a81333@mail.gmail.com> <x2m7d6fde3d1004051226k7a0e350bz579b899e4fedd977@mail.gmail.com> <p2v7d6fde3d1004060339nfdbc4cb9p9ac6e232e38b4d6@mail.gmail.com> <q2l7d6fde3d1004120729h2d32e696g4182af399580ca01@mail.gmail.com> <4BF1891F.3040704@mapper.nl> <AANLkTinMAEAplBOh-gK-2LS1i_XJijafF_Nbg0lwn8YG@mail.gmail.com> <4BF23029.80104@mapper.nl> <4BFBA130.6060506@mapper.nl>
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On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 3:06 AM, Mark Stapper <stark@mapper.nl> wrote: > On 18/05/2010 08:14, Mark Stapper wrote: >> On 18/05/2010 00:22, Garrett Cooper wrote: >> >>> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Mark Stapper <stark@mapper.nl> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 12/04/2010 16:29, Garrett Cooper wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> w= rote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com>= wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com= > wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> =A0 =A0When I first installed FreeBSD on this machine, I had a hec= k of a >>>>>>>> time getting the soundcard's PCM channel to function properly. It >>>>>>>> would buzz incessantly when I played any audio on it; I disabled t= he >>>>>>>> onboard snd_hda enabled audio and things magically worked, until >>>>>>>> today. After a kernel upgrade and a few warm boots, I'm back to wh= ere >>>>>>>> I started from -- the PCM channel buzzes whenever I play audio; >>>>>>>> line-in works perfectly fine however. I'm not seeing anything out = of >>>>>>>> the ordinary in commits over the past couple of weeks for the pcm >>>>>>>> pieces (the last successful kernel I used was 2~3 weeks old). >>>>>>>> =A0 =A0Are there any device_printf's I should add or a debug proce= dure >>>>>>>> that you recommend I do to triage the situation? >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> -Garrett >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> # uname -a >>>>>>>> FreeBSD bayonetta.local 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #1 r206173= M: >>>>>>>> Sun Apr =A04 19:54:22 PDT 2010 >>>>>>>> root@bayonetta.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BAYONETTA =A0amd64 >>>>>>>> # pciconf -lv | grep -A 4 emu >>>>>>>> emu10kx0@pci0:8:0:0: =A0 =A0class=3D0x040100 card=3D0x10211102 chi= p=3D0x00081102 >>>>>>>> rev=3D0x00 hdr=3D0x00 >>>>>>>> =A0 =A0vendor =A0 =A0 =3D 'Creative Technology LTD.' >>>>>>>> =A0 =A0device =A0 =A0 =3D 'sound blaster Audigy 2 (ca0108)' >>>>>>>> =A0 =A0class =A0 =A0 =A0=3D multimedia >>>>>>>> =A0 =A0subclass =A0 =3D audio >>>>>>>> # dmesg | grep 'irq 16' >>>>>>>> uhci0: <Intel 82801JI (ICH10) USB controller USB-D> port 0xa800-0x= a81f >>>>>>>> irq 16 at device 26.0 on pci0 >>>>>>>> pcib7: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 28.1 on pci0 >>>>>>>> emu10kx0: <Creative Audigy 4 [SB0610]> port 0xec00-0xec3f irq 16 a= t >>>>>>>> device 0.0 on pci8 >>>>>>>> # dmesg | grep 'pcm' >>>>>>>> pcm0: <EMU10Kx DSP front PCM interface> on emu10kx0 >>>>>>>> pcm0: <SigmaTel STAC9750/51 AC97 Codec> >>>>>>>> pcm1: <EMU10Kx DSP rear PCM interface> on emu10kx0 >>>>>>>> pcm2: <EMU10Kx DSP center PCM interface> on emu10kx0 >>>>>>>> pcm3: <EMU10Kx DSP subwoofer PCM interface> on emu10kx0 >>>>>>>> pcm4: <EMU10Kx DSP side PCM interface> on emu10kx0 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Some more information: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 1. snd_emu10kx and sound are both modules loaded on boot, along wit= h >>>>>>> if_re, linux, and nvidia. >>>>>>> 2. Disabling nvidia -> no change. >>>>>>> 3. Disabling acpi -> unbootable system because many drivers can't m= ap >>>>>>> interrupts without it (can't test unless I isolate the drivers and >>>>>>> enable them one by one -- something I'll try later on). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm at a loss right now... my hunch is that it's potentially a bad >>>>>>> interaction between the snd_emu10kx driver and another driver on th= e >>>>>>> same PCI bus (which is just the ACPI and uhci drivers), but I can't >>>>>>> test these claims. There are other funky things about my system tha= t >>>>>>> have changed over the past couple of kernel versions, like front US= B >>>>>>> ports could charge my iPhone, and now they don't... and the fact th= at >>>>>>> ACPI blanking via nvidia now works again... so something may have >>>>>>> changed on the backend, but I'm not 100% sure on what I should isol= ate >>>>>>> as the root cause, yet. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> Grr... it's `healed' itself again. I'll watch out for potential >>>>>> catalysts to the issue in the future. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> =A0 =A0 Ok. Damn issue came back and here's what happened. Rebooted >>>>> several times with the same kernel and slight modifications, loading >>>>> and unloading snd_emu10kx and sound, testing out snd_emu10k1, and no >>>>> dice. The buzz was bad and it was driving me insane. Again, line-in >>>>> functioned just fine, so I didn't know what the heck was going. I was >>>>> getting desperate, so I finally broke down and booted the Gentoo Linu= x >>>>> livecd. PCM worked just fine. Then I got irritated enough and finally >>>>> just built the module and the sound support directly into the kernel >>>>> and everything is hunky dorey again. Does anyone have a stab in the >>>>> dark as to what's going on? Is it a potential bus or interrupt >>>>> conflict / race condition that gets alleviated when support is nailed >>>>> into the kernel? Or are other folks as stumped as I am, s.t. I should >>>>> just try emailing current@ instead to see if someone maybe knows >>>>> what's going on there :(...? >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> -Garrett >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I have the same problem. >>>> I'll try compiling the driver in the kernel. >>>> >>>> >>> =A0 =A0 FWIW I've compiled the driver into the kernel for several >>> iterations now and it works like a champ, so there's something with >>> the sound subsystem that isn't jiving properly when loading from >>> modules... >>> HTH, >>> -Garrett >>> >>> >> Thanks for the info. >> I've noticed that when I load the kernel module at startup (by adding it >> to loader.conf) chances of it working improve. >> If I load it afterwards, the nice huff puff sounds come out of my >> speaker again. >> Compiling the new and improved kernel today. >> Thanks for your help. >> Greetz, >> Mark >> >> > I compiled the emu10kx driver into the kernel. > That seemed to work, but now the hissing and buzzing is back. > I really don't know what is going on anymore.. > Any thoughts? What modules have you compiled and loaded? Thanks, -Garrett
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