Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 12:06:40 +0200 From: Mark Stapper <stark@mapper.nl> To: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Buzzing snd_emu10kx enabled card with r206173 Message-ID: <4BFBA130.6060506@mapper.nl> In-Reply-To: <4BF23029.80104@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>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig7C28809281F3CDDC48ED2E0B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 18/05/2010 08:14, Mark Stapper wrote: > On 18/05/2010 00:22, Garrett Cooper wrote: > =20 >> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Mark Stapper <stark@mapper.nl> wrote= : >> =20 >> =20 >>> On 12/04/2010 16:29, Garrett Cooper wrote: >>> =20 >>> =20 >>>> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> = wrote: >>>> >>>> =20 >>>> =20 >>>>> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com= > wrote: >>>>> >>>>> =20 >>>>> =20 >>>>>> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.co= m> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> =20 >>>>>> =20 >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> When I first installed FreeBSD on this machine, I had a heck o= f a >>>>>>> time getting the soundcard's PCM channel to function properly. It= >>>>>>> would buzz incessantly when I played any audio on it; I disabled = the >>>>>>> onboard snd_hda enabled audio and things magically worked, until >>>>>>> today. After a kernel upgrade and a few warm boots, I'm back to w= here >>>>>>> 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). >>>>>>> Are there any device_printf's I should add or a debug procedur= e >>>>>>> that you recommend I do to triage the situation? >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> -Garrett >>>>>>> >>>>>>> # uname -a >>>>>>> FreeBSD bayonetta.local 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #1 r20617= 3M: >>>>>>> Sun Apr 4 19:54:22 PDT 2010 >>>>>>> root@bayonetta.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BAYONETTA amd64 >>>>>>> # pciconf -lv | grep -A 4 emu >>>>>>> emu10kx0@pci0:8:0:0: class=3D0x040100 card=3D0x10211102 chip=3D= 0x00081102 >>>>>>> rev=3D0x00 hdr=3D0x00 >>>>>>> vendor =3D 'Creative Technology LTD.' >>>>>>> device =3D 'sound blaster Audigy 2 (ca0108)' >>>>>>> class =3D multimedia >>>>>>> subclass =3D audio >>>>>>> # dmesg | grep 'irq 16' >>>>>>> uhci0: <Intel 82801JI (ICH10) USB controller USB-D> port 0xa800-0= xa81f >>>>>>> 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 = at >>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> =20 >>>>>>> =20 >>>>>> Some more information: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. snd_emu10kx and sound are both modules loaded on boot, along wi= th >>>>>> if_re, linux, and nvidia. >>>>>> 2. Disabling nvidia -> no change. >>>>>> 3. Disabling acpi -> unbootable system because many drivers can't = map >>>>>> 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 t= he >>>>>> 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 th= at >>>>>> have changed over the past couple of kernel versions, like front U= SB >>>>>> ports could charge my iPhone, and now they don't... and the fact t= hat >>>>>> 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 iso= late >>>>>> as the root cause, yet. >>>>>> >>>>>> =20 >>>>>> =20 >>>>> Grr... it's `healed' itself again. I'll watch out for potential >>>>> catalysts to the issue in the future. >>>>> >>>>> =20 >>>>> =20 >>>> 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 wa= s >>>> getting desperate, so I finally broke down and booted the Gentoo Lin= ux >>>> livecd. PCM worked just fine. Then I got irritated enough and finall= y >>>> 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 naile= d >>>> into the kernel? Or are other folks as stumped as I am, s.t. I shoul= d >>>> just try emailing current@ instead to see if someone maybe knows >>>> what's going on there :(...? >>>> Thanks, >>>> -Garrett >>>> =20 >>>> =20 >>> I have the same problem. >>> I'll try compiling the driver in the kernel. >>> =20 >>> =20 >> 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 >> =20 >> =20 > Thanks for the info. > I've noticed that when I load the kernel module at startup (by adding i= t > 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 > > =20 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.. 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