From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 15 10:08:29 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5710316A4CF for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:08:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from opiate.soulwax.net (CPE0010a702d464-CM000039ae486b.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [63.139.24.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45B4343D1D for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:08:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chopra@opiate.soulwax.net) Received: by opiate.soulwax.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8CF804059; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:08:27 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:08:27 -0500 From: Munish Chopra To: current@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20031215180827.GA653@opiate.soulwax.net> Mail-Followup-To: current@FreeBSD.org References: <200312151501.hBFF1Abp088978@fledge.watson.org> <3FDDD7AE.7040801@bis.midco.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FDDD7AE.7040801@bis.midco.net> Subject: Re: 5.2-RELEASE TODO X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 18:08:29 -0000 On 2003-12-15 09:47 +0000, Peter Schultz wrote: > Robert Watson wrote: > >Testing focuses for 5.2-RELEASE > > > > +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > | Issue | Status |Responsible| Description > > | > > |--------------+-------------+-----------+----------------------------------| > > | | | |The PCM audio framework and > > device| > > | | | |drivers have been locked and > > free | > > |PCM locking | | |of Giant for quite a while, but > > | > > |and |Needs testing|-- |LOR problems persist along with > > | > > |performance | | |reports of poor audio > > performance | > > |issues | | |under load. These problems are > > | > > | | | |believed to have been > > corrected, | > > | | | |but more testing is desired. > > | > > |--------------+-------------+-----------+----------------------------------| > > > This longstanding problem has now been fixed as far as I'm concerned. > Xmms hasn't played mp3s without a hicup for me on -CURRENT since at > least a year, if not two or more. It's been so long I can't recall. > > I'm testing with a soundblaster live! value card: > pcm0: port 0xef20-0xef3f irq 17 at device 17.0 on pci0 > pcm0: > > I'm running a -CURRENT SMP kernel on a Tyan S1832DL w/dual PII 350s. I > only assume it's working with 5.2 RC1. > They haven't been corrected in my case, or the cases of quite a few other folks experiencing them (see some of the other ongoing threads). I'm not personally seeing any LOR's, but audio playback slows down under load, and every few seconds I hear popping noises during audio playback, whether under load or not. I've got a simple SB16: pcm0: port 0xd800-0xd83f irq 5 at device 15.0 on pci0 pcm0: -- Munish Chopra