Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:09:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Tobias Aigner <lists@mangosuechtig.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sound problems during load Message-ID: <20040617100638.S26359@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20040617011017.320af459.lists@mangosuechtig.org> References: <20040617011017.320af459.lists@mangosuechtig.org>
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On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Tobias Aigner wrote: > I have noticed some sound-playback (through xmms) problems during I/O > load for example extracting a big tar/gzip/bz2 archive. While extracting > the sound slows down, starts to stutter and gets very distorted on both > soundcards. The same thing when I try to load a kernel module. I've > already done some testing with my bios and irq settings but no success. > > This happens on FreeBSD 5.2.1(-p8) and on todays -CURRENT. I just wanted > to know if there is any fix or workaround available? Would be great. Are WITNESS and INVARIANTS enabled? If so, those drag down interrupt latency enough to cause sound disruptions. I can get my home -current box (athlon 3000+) to do the same thing, but even setting debug.witness_watch=0 makes a massive improvement, and that doesn't entirely disable witness. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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