[alsa-devel] Backported sbxfi driver (UNTESTED!)

[Takashi Iwai]

At Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:06:58 +0400,
The Source wrote:
> 
> Takashi Iwai пишет:
> > At Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:00:16 +0400,
> > The Source wrote:
> >   
> >> Takashi Iwai пишет:
> >>     
> >>> At Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:41:08 +0400,
> >>> The Source wrote:
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> Takashi Iwai пишет:
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>>>> At Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:15:45 +0400,
> >>>>> The Source wrote:
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>           
> >>>>>> Takashi Iwai пишет:
> >>>>>>     
> >>>>>>         
> >>>>>>             
> >>>>>>> At Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:36:04 +0400,
> >>>>>>> The Source wrote:
> >>>>>>>   
> >>>>>>>       
> >>>>>>>           
> >>>>>>>               
> >>>>>>>>>> And, which X-Fi model do you have?
> >>>>>>>>>> Please show the lspci -nv output, too.
> >>>>>>>>>>
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> >>>>>>>>>>             
> >>>>>>>>>>                 
> >>>>>>>>>>                     
> >>>>>>>>> I've got the X-Fi Elite Pro.
> >>>>>>>>> That's The one with the external In/Out box.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Speaking of which, the headphone jack on it does not output a signal 
> >>>>>>>>> yet, the signal only goes to line out.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> There's some relais on the card that seem to switch these, they click 
> >>>>>>>>> multiple times with the windows driver and not all all with yours, I 
> >>>>>>>>> think that's the reason :)
> >>>>>>>>>   
> >>>>>>>>>       
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> >>>>>>>>>                   
> >>>>>>>> Original OSS driver doesn't output to external block also, so it 
> >>>>>>>> wouldn't be easy to make this support I think.
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> >>>>>>>>                 
> >>>>>>> The values for port->conv[0] and [1] values in sbxfi_playback_open()
> >>>>>>> might play some role.  It's I2SA_L and I2SA_R, alias DAI_CH_I2SAL
> >>>>>>> and DAI_CH_I2SAR, as default.  You can try other values, such as,
> >>>>>>> DAI_CH_I2SBL, DAI_CH_I2SA1L, and so on.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Takashi
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>   
> >>>>>>>       
> >>>>>>>           
> >>>>>>>               
> >>>>>> Latest snapshot has a bug:
> >>>>>> make[3]: *** No rule to make target 
> >>>>>> `/mnt/e/temp/alsa-driver-unstable/acore/jack.o', needed by 
> >>>>>> `/mnt/e/temp/alsa-driver-unstable/acore/snd.o'. Stop.
> >>>>>>     
> >>>>>>         
> >>>>>>             
> >>>>> Already fixed.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Takashi
> >>>>>
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>           
> >>>> In file included from /mnt/e/temp/alsa-driver-unstable/acore/jack.c:3:
> >>>> /mnt/e/temp/alsa-driver-unstable/acore/../alsa-kernel/core/jack.c: In 
> >>>> function ‘snd_jack_new’:
> >>>> /mnt/e/temp/alsa-driver-unstable/acore/../alsa-kernel/core/jack.c:107: 
> >>>> error: ‘SW_MICROPHONE_INSERT’ undeclared (first use in this function)
> >>>> /mnt/e/temp/alsa-driver-unstable/acore/../alsa-kernel/core/jack.c:107: 
> >>>> error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> >>>> /mnt/e/temp/alsa-driver-unstable/acore/../alsa-kernel/core/jack.c:107: 
> >>>> error: for each function it appears in.)
> >>>> /mnt/e/temp/alsa-driver-unstable/acore/../alsa-kernel/core/jack.c: In 
> >>>> function ‘snd_jack_report’:
> >>>> /mnt/e/temp/alsa-driver-unstable/acore/../alsa-kernel/core/jack.c:157: 
> >>>> error: ‘SW_MICROPHONE_INSERT’ undeclared (first use in this function)
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> Hmm, it seems broken for older kernels right now.
> >>> The easy workaround is to pass --with-cards=sbxfi to configure.
> >>>
> >>> Anyway, I'll fix it now.
> >>>
> >>> thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Takashi
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> --Hey, man, this is cool! Plays just fine (volume ok, speed ok, no
> >> --glitches) with 96000, 48000, 44100, 22050, 16/24 bit, Stereo and --Mono!!
> >> --I didn't change anything in the source code, so I don't use system
> >> --timer. Yes!!
> >>
> >> However oss (alsa-emulated) is unstable. I'll test more.
> >>     
> >
> > Could be due to 96kHz base-rate?  Try base_rate=48000.
> > If you get still problems, please show the kernel logs with debug=2.
> >
> > BTW, the jack.c compile error should have been fixed now (hopefully).
> > Let me know if you still have the build errors.
> >
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Takashi
> >
> >   
> Ok. OpenAL with alsa also seem to cause problems.

In both cases, check the period_size and buffer_size values (shown in
the kernel message, or /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/sub0/hw_params).
And, try to aplay with these parameters, whether you get the similar
problem.

	% aplay -v --period-size=xxx --buffer-size=yyy foo.wav


Takashi