Re: [GIT PULL] sound update (#2) for 2.6.36

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

At Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:57:20 -0700,
Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > I've done some more testing. If I 'cat' something directly to
> > /dev/audio, I do get sound. So I wonder whether it's some pulseaudio
> > problem, and I'll double-check that it's really the kernel (and not
> > the result of a "yum update", for example)
> 
> It's definitely kernel-related.
> 
> kernel v2.6.35-05791-g45d7f32 works. v2.6.35-7786-gad41a1e does not.
> And reverting that "Make converter setups sticky" commit doesn't make
> any difference.

I see no relevant commits regarding HD-audio (at least for ALC889)
between these two points except for "Make converter setups sticky".
And, the fact that /dev/audio works implies that the PCM stream works
basically.  So, I have no idea for now.  It might be outside the sound
stack.

I'll try the latest tree on my machine whether I can reproduce the
problem.


thanks,

Takashi