Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 02:47:40 -0400 From: Suleiman Souhlal <ssouhlal@FreeBSD.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Markus_H=E4stbacka?= <midian@ihme.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Sound performance problems in FreeBSD Message-ID: <24D02CEA-022C-11D9-870B-000A95C4D7BC@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20040905124526.F15143@midi.ihme.net> References: <20040905124526.F15143@midi.ihme.net>
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Hello, On Sep 5, 2004, at 5:56 AM, Markus Hästbacka wrote: > Hello list, I've experienced sound performance issues from the very > first day I tested 5.x. The problem was that sound skipped whatever I > did. Now I've reduced the problem a bit with changing my kernel config > (No, any debug option isn't on or haven't ever been on when I've > tested sound performance). After I recompiled the new kernel the sound > didn't skip anymore, but now after 10 hour uptime and 5 hours of mp3 > playing the skipping is back. The skipping is like every second > there's a weird noise if I listen to something, like the track would > go slower for 2/10 seconds of every second, you can imagine how > annoying this can be. FYI, after a few IRC discussions with Markus, we've discovered that turning off the memory part of Gnome's System Monitor applet, would get rid of the skips. I believe the problem is that both sysctl and the sound drivers are Giant-locked, and so there is some contention. An easy way to reproduce these skips is to run `while true; do sysctl vm.vmtotal; done`, while playing an mp3. So, it would be nice to have giant-free sysctl and/or sound drivers.. :) Bye -- Suleiman Souhlal | ssouhlal@vt.edu The FreeBSD Project | ssouhlal@FreeBSD.org
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