[alsa-devel] [PATCH 3/3] Add ALSA driver for Atmel AC97 controller

[Hans-Christian Egtvedt]

On Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:09:37 +0100
Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:

> At Wed,  4 Feb 2009 12:48:34 +0100,
> Hans-Christian Egtvedt wrote:

<snipp>

> > +static int atmel_ac97c_playback_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream
> > *substream,
> > +		struct snd_pcm_hw_params *hw_params)
> > +{
> > +	struct atmel_ac97c *chip =
> > snd_pcm_substream_chip(substream);
> > +	int retval;
> > +
> > +	retval = snd_pcm_lib_malloc_pages(substream,
> > +
> > params_buffer_bytes(hw_params));
> > +	if (retval)
> > +		return retval;
> 
> Should be a negative-check.
> 

For some reason if I only check for < 0, then the buffer is not
configured properly. Seems like the preallocation goes wrong for some
reason.

Any pointers to why?

I do snd_pcm_new(), then snd_pcm_set_ops(), then
snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pages_for_all().

<snipp>

-- 
Best regards,
Hans-Christian Egtvedt