[alsa-devel] Linux 2.6.38 freeze because of sound/core/pcm_lib.c commit 59ff878ffb26bc0be812ca8295799164f413ae88

[Christopher K.]

> On 03/31/11 15:50, Kelly Anderson wrote:
>>
>> Just to let you know.  I'm using a gtx460 also.  I haven't had a chance to
>> reboot into the newly patched kernel yet.  It is interesting that we both
>> have gtx460's.  I have a machine with a gtx430 that doesn't seem to exhibit
>> the problem.
>>
>> cat /etc/modprobe.d/snd_hda_intel.conf
>>
>> options snd-hda-intel probe_mask=-1,0xa
>>
> OK, I debugged the problem and came up with a solution.  The bottom line is
> that it's a problem with a signed to unsigned compare.  First the fix:

I can confirm that this patch fixes the issue. Thanks a lot!