Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 11:47:36 -0400 From: Stuart Quimby <stuq@dstoys.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: working the bugs out of a Sony GRX650 - interrupts and the sound card Message-ID: <200407261147.36418.stuq@dstoys.com> In-Reply-To: <E1Bp5CK-000OM4-H6@styx.aic.net> References: <E1Bp5CK-000OM4-H6@styx.aic.net>
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Thanks for the tip! I'll try upgrading to CURRENT. Stuart On Monday 26 July 2004 09:07 am, Hrant Dadivanyan wrote: > Hi Stuart, > > You also should have difficulties with memory stick, second PC card slot > and sometimes USB, correct ? AFAIK, Sony GRX and GR series have the same > issue with interrupts delivery, when no interrupts are received by driver. > vmstat -i should confirm it. > > I own GR300 and after two years fight found a workaround to get at least > sound to work with STABLE - since video and sound share the same irq 9 as > almost everything in this Sony design, if you configure kernel and X to > use DRI (http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/dri/), it will produce enough > interrupts the sound to work well. > > Two weeks ago I have installed CURRENT and found that everything works > pretty well in generic install. Also during these days CURRENT looks much > stable with my laptop than STABLE. Thanks to all people working on FreeBSD > ! > > Hope it help you, > Hrant > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm running 4.9-RELEASE on my lapper and have been trying for over a > > year to get the sound card running properly. I'm probably 'medium' level > > in my OS skills, so there may be something basic that I'm missing. > > > > Dmesg reports the following on the card: > > pcm0: <Intel ICH3 (82801CA)> port 0x18c0-0x18ff,0x1c00-0x1cff irq 9 at > > device 31.5 on pci0 > > pcm0: <Yamaha YMF753 AC97 Codec> > > > > I have the same behavior I've heard others mention on this list: the > > sound works fine as long as I wiggle the mouse - presumably this is > > generating enough interrupts to keep the sound steady. > > > > I've tried both Intel ICH and the generic snd_driver and get identical > > (bad) results. > > > > Anyone have this model and get it running properly? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Stuart Quimby > > Pres. Design Science Toys, Ltd. > > 172 Pleasant Vale Rd. > > Tivoli, NY 12583 > > 845.756.4221 (fax)4223 > > stuq@dstoys.com > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Stuart Quimby Pres. Design Science Toys, Ltd. 172 Pleasant Vale Rd. Tivoli, NY 12583 845.756.4221 (fax)4223 stuq@dstoys.com
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