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From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <gilbertd@treblig.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.4.2[12] v VIA Rhine and VIA82x audio (working with a fight)
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 20:05:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030920190516.GA796@gallifrey> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1064079929.22995.7.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk>

* Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk) wrote:
> 
> I've done some work on this for -ac. I thought 2.4.22 had enough stuff
> to deal with it (at least for the non ACPI case). VIA v-bus cares that
> both PCI_INTERRUPT_PIN and PCI_INTERRUPT_LINE are both set.

Well I do wonder whether it is just a very buggy BIOS etc not being helpful.

> > 2) Audio
> > 
> > This was much more of a fight. The standard 2.4.21/22 via82xxx drivers
> > were very problematic.  For example random hanging apps, buzzing when
> > an app had sound open but wasn't actually sending stuff, and a complete
> > failure to have any sound input.
> 
> Do you have VIA 8233 or 8235 hardware ?

It isn't entirely obvious from the PCI dumps; I think its the 8235 from the
first entry for the device:

Bus  0, device  17, function  0:
  ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge (rev 0).
Bus  0, device  17, function  1:
  IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 6).
    Master Capable.  Latency=32.
    I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc0f].
Bus  0, device  17, function  5:
  Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 80).
    IRQ 5.
    I/O at 0xe000 [0xe0ff].

ALSA seems to think its an 8235.

> > Except for playing CDs - which don't do anything - I suspect that might
> > be hardware, but am not sure.
> 
> Check there is an analog cable fitted on the CD->Sound. Many new WinXP
> boxes are shipped with XP configured to digitally rip the CD data and no
> audio link cable. If so you need to pick a different CD player app or
> fit the cable.

Nod - I've heard it play a few times; so I'm wondering about a loose cable; although
my normal solution of these problems (buy a Soundblaster) has failed when I got the
machine home to find it had a sticker over the back of the case saying if I opened
it I'd break the warranty.

Dave
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  reply	other threads:[~2003-09-20 19:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-09-20 16:38 Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2003-09-20 17:45 ` Alan Cox
2003-09-20 19:05   ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert [this message]
2003-09-20 20:09   ` Jamie Lokier
2003-09-20 22:14     ` Alan Cox
2003-09-21 13:05       ` Stephan Maciej
2003-09-21 13:16         ` Alan Cox

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