Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 16:39:49 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: Ariff Abdullah <ariff@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [snd_hda] Choppiness under high cpu - STABLE Message-ID: <20070529163949.091c340f@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070529131503.3b70a8e2.ariff@FreeBSD.org> References: <20070529134158.7b221ae2@localhost> <20070529131503.3b70a8e2.ariff@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, 29 May 2007 13:15:03 +0800
Ariff Abdullah <ariff@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> Those binary modules are actually sources from -current + future fixes
> which not easily MFCable. The specific snd_hda driver itself pretty
> much simmilar, but the other part especially buffering and latency
> improvements are quite different. There is no simple solution for this
> except to keep using those binary modules, or appplying patch from the
> "usuall" place.
I see - I imagined it had something to do with that - I now remember some older version of the code (as provided by you) that had the same issues.
>
> Anyway, you can try adjusting buffer size
> with "hint.pcm.0.buffersize" . Start with 4096, 8192, 16384, etc.. Use
> either kenv(8) and reload, or slap it into /boot/device.hints and
> reboot.
Thanks, I'll have a play and inform back :)
cheers,
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