[alsa-devel] Fwd: [LAD] kernel 2.6.29 rc6 no working rme multiface 1

[Dmitry Baikov]

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> At Mon, 2 Mar 2009 06:59:35 +0300,
> Dmitry Baikov wrote:
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Dmitry Baikov <dsbaikov at gmail.com>
>> Date: Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 5:49 AM
>> Subject: Re: [LAD] kernel 2.6.29 rc6 no working rme multiface 1
>> To: "m.wolkstein at gmx.de" <m.wolkstein at gmx.de>
>> Cc: The Linux Audio Developers' Mailing List
>> <linux-audio-dev at lists.linuxaudio.org>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:59 AM, m.wolkstein at gmx.de <m.wolkstein at gmx.de> wrote:
>> > hiho,
>> > my name is michael wolkstein and i wrote the first time to this list.
>> > sorry about my english. but i am no english native-speaker.
>> >
>> > after booting kernel 2.6.29 rc6 i get a problem with my rme multiface 1 connected true pcmcia cardbusinterface.
>> >
>> > i get this message after insert my card.
>> > RME Hammerfall DSP 0000:16:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
>> > RME Hammerfall DSP 0000:16:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
>> > Hammerfall-DSP: no Digiface or Multiface connected!
>> > RME Hammerfall DSP 0000:16:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
>> > RME Hammerfall DSP: probe of 0000:16:00.0 failed with error -5
>> >
>> > i have compile the kernel included alsa module.
>> > also i have installed the newest alsa-firmware 1.0.19 and newest alsa-tools 1.0.19.
>> >
>> > my old kernel 2.6.24 load both firmwares correct.
>> >
>> > the old one 1.0.16 (debian unstable)
>> > and the new 1.0.19 download from the alsa-project page
>> >
>> > the new kernel produce errors. kernel module snd_hdsp is already loaded with the new kernel.
>>
>>
>> Have the same problem here.
>> 2.6.24 works, 2.6.28 doesn't (tried 2.6.8-ARCH and 2.6.28.7-1-ARCH).
>> I reported the problem to alsa-devel list, but they said I have hw
>> problems (I think I do not).
>
> Could you check the latest sound git tree to be sure?
>
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git

Does not oops.
But the card does not work either.

> Also the problem might be rather the cardbus side...
I suspect, too.
Because it works in my laptop. But fails on a desktop with pci-cardbus adapter.

>
>> The latest arch kernel gives oops, if the card is inserted before booting.
>> It crashes during udev event processing (i.e. something from userspace
>> triggers the problem)
>> If anybody is really interested, I can try to provide kernel backtrace
>> (either type it in, or try to use serial console).
>
> Oops is bad, and yes, it'd be helpful if you can show the backtrace.

No serial console :( My new M/B have only pin header and no rs232
jack. Need to find/build an adapter.
So. what I see (without stack addresses and some offsets):

-- top of the screen --
resched_task
try_to_wake_up
ata_scsi_translate
enqueue_task_fair
enqueue_task
resched_task
try_to_wake_up
error_exit
native_apic_mem_write
snd_hdsp_midi_input_read+0x140/0x170
uhci_scan_schedule
_spin_unlock
hdsp_midi_tasklet+0x39/0x40
tasklet_hi_action
__do_softirq
call_softirq
do_softirq+0x4d/0x90
irq_exit+0xa5/0xb0
do_IRQ+0xc5/0x110
ret_from_intr+0x0/0x29
<EOI> datagram_poll+0x0/0xf0
mwait_idle+0x3c/0x50
cpu_idle + 0x65/0xd0
--- end trace ---

Quite meditative to type :)

Dmitry.