Re: 2.6.18: hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to single_cmd mode...

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

At Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:58:08 -0700,
Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> 
> I have a ThinkPad X60 which uses the Intel 82801G HDA audio chip.  This 
> used to work for me, but lately (sometime during 2.6.18-rcX series) it 
> stopped working - programs trying to use it tend to just block forever 
> waiting for /dev/dsp.
> 
> The only obvious symptom is:
> 
>     hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to single_cmd mode...
> 
> appearing in the kernel log when booting.
> 

There is no big change relevant to TP X60 during 2.6.18rc, so I don't
think it's a regression in the hd-audio driver code.

> Details attached.  The dmesg output is for the FC6 distro kernel 
> 2.6.18-1.2689.fc6PAE, but I see the same symptoms with 2.6.18-mm1.

You must see difference with mm1 (suppose that mm1 already includes
the latest ALSA patches).  When the CORB/RIRB interrupt gets broken,
the driver first switches to poling mode, then single_cmd mode as
fallback.

Also, try disable_msi=1 option for mm1.  MSI seems broken on some
systems.


Takashi