From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264476AbTLCDR7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 22:17:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264477AbTLCDR7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 22:17:59 -0500 Received: from h1ab.lcom.net ([216.51.237.171]:18566 "EHLO digitasaru.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264476AbTLCDR5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2003 22:17:57 -0500 Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:17:51 -0600 From: Joseph Pingenot To: Takashi Iwai Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: vanilla 2.6.0-test11 and CS4236 card Message-ID: <20031203031749.GB27034@digitasaru.net> Reply-To: trelane@digitasaru.net Mail-Followup-To: Takashi Iwai , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20031202170637.GD5475@digitasaru.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-School: University of Iowa X-vi-or-emacs: vi *and* emacs! X-MSMail-Priority: High X-Priority: 1 (Highest) X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: X-MimeOLE: Not Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Well, I applied the patch and it worked beautifully. THE GOOD NEWS: -------------- The patch worked great; the problem (as you had very likely surmised) was that it wasn't being activated by the Plug-n-Play system, and so the card wasn't talking. [Sorry; I am new to ISA programming (well, systems programming in general. At least I learned some cool stuff] After I had run isapnp on the module sans your patch, or rebooted with your patch, there was a big POP! and the card was detected and ready. It even played music! THE BAD NEWS: ------------- Both times (with your patch and with isapnp), I had the following problems: a) xmms wouldn't talk straight to the card even after selecting the alsa output plugin b) I started esd (the alsa version) and then told xmms to talk to esd. It worked out well for a couple of seconds, but then it crashed (both with your patch and with the manually activated (isapnp) one) It crashed HARD. It crashed so hard that it wiped out some files, like apt, I presume when it was cleaning "orphans" in /; the net result is that my box is semi-hosed, since things like tr and apt-get and route are now full of '\0' characters instead of their actual contents. Sound played for about a second, then the machine hung hard (I don't think that the Magic SysRq keys even did anything), and the last couple of tenths of a second of sound just repeated over and over and over until I hit reset. I don't have an oops; it was highly hosed. When I can pull my system back together, I can try again. Please help me find this new bug, so that the cs4236 driver is safe for other Dell P410 users! :) -Joseph -- Joseph===============================================trelane@digitasaru.net "Asked by CollabNet CTO Brian Behlendorf whether Microsoft will enforce its patents against open source projects, Mundie replied, 'Yes, absolutely.' An audience member pointed out that many open source projects aren't funded and so can't afford legal representation to rival Microsoft's. 'Oh well,' said Mundie. 'Get your money, and let's go to court.' Microsoft's patents only defensive? http://swpat.ffii.org/players/microsoft