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Date:      Sun, 14 Apr 2002 13:06:02 -0500
From:      Eric Liedtke <eliedtke@musinghalfwit.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   [eliedtke@musinghalfwit.org: Re: VIA 694D/VT82C686A - Sound /SMP Problems]
Message-ID:  <20020414180602.GC460@musinghalfwit.org>

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----- Forwarded message from Eric Liedtke <eliedtke@musinghalfwit.org> -----

> Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 13:04:07 -0500
> From: Eric Liedtke <eliedtke@musinghalfwit.org>
> Subject: Re: VIA 694D/VT82C686A - Sound /SMP Problems
> To: Bruce Burden <brucegb@realtime.net>
> 
> The voices in my head said that on  Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 10:06:00PM -0500, Bruce Burden said:
> > On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 07:23:35PM -0500, Eric Liedtke wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > pcm0: play interrupt timeout, channel dead
> > > 
> > 	I believe I have seen that error message, on the
> >    same board, with 8*100MHz CPU's and no ATA devices.
> That's precisely the config I have, at least the procs. I have a cd
> device on the master of ide0 and 1. I tried removing the Promise
> controller and putting the hard drive on ide0 master, but that didn't
> seem to make any difference.
> > 
> > 	I finally turned off the AC97 stuff and stuck a
> >    SB Live! card in the box. There was simply too many
> >    things that AC97 does NOT do.
> Since I had an older SB card laying around I popped it in and viola,
> works just fine. Of course I mean to day the SB card is working fine
> if I try to use on-board is still the same. I'm guessing it has 
> something to do with the IRQ routing when it has to go through the
> IOAPIC, I've seen some other complaints popping up on the list 
> regarding SMP problems cropping up between 4.4 and 4.5 and have
> been contacted by another guy with the same board/problem, and a 3rd
> who has the same board but no problem and I believe he is running a 4.4
> system. Seems like a weird problem, of course I have no idea where to 
> begin looking(or I wouldn't have posted yet) but either way my is 
> working find now.
> 
> > 
> 
> > 
> > 	Generally, when mtv would complain that it couldn't
> >    find the audio channel, and mute the output was when
> >    I would see the "channel dead" message.
> > 
> > 						Bruce
> I actually get the message as soon as try to play anything, whether
> it's just cat'ing garbage to /dev/dsp or using mpg123 or going through
> esd. 
> > -- 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >   "I like bad!"                         Bruce Burden    Austin, TX.
> >         - Thuganlitha
> >         The Power and the Prophet
> >         Robert Don Hughes
> > 
> > 
> If anyone can even point me to a reasonable jumping off point to
> troubleshoot this I would appreciate it. 
> -- 
> Eric Liedtke
> --
> 

----- End forwarded message -----

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Eric Liedtke
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