Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:09:45 +0100 From: Ronald Klop <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org> To: Suleiman Souhlal <ssouhlal@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Performance issues in 5.3-RELEASE. (snd_emu10k1) Message-ID: <opshnnujkg8527sy@smtp.local> In-Reply-To: <1100768703.5186.4.camel@localhost> References: <20041117094022.GA8682@uci.agh.edu.pl> <opshnjzetf8527sy@smtp.local> <1100768703.5186.4.camel@localhost>
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On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 04:05:04 -0500, Suleiman Souhlal <ssouhlal@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 03:46, Ronald Klop wrote: >> For what I have seen everybody uses snd_emu10k1. Since I use my onboard >> soundcard (snd_ess* (not MPSAFE)) I have less problems with my sound >> under >> disk load. > > None of the sound drivers are actually MPSAFE.. The reason people that > use snd_emu10k1 are more affected by this is because it has a smaller > default buffer size (4096) than the other drivers. > I'm not at home now so I can't check, but I remember that the snd_emu10k1 doesn't say [GIANT-LOCKED] in dmesg, while all my other soundcards do. Ronald. -- Ronald Klop, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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