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

[Dmitry Baikov]

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> At Wed, 4 Mar 2009 05:06:47 +0300,
> Dmitry Baikov wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
>> > At Tue, 3 Mar 2009 01:54:14 +0300,
>> > Dmitry Baikov wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 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.
>> >
>> > That explains.  A PCI-board is often problematic...
>> >
>> >> >
>> >> >> 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):
>> >
>> > Looks like an accessing to the uninitialized device.
>> > Does the patch below fix?
>> Yes.
>> 2.6.28-ARCH + your patch fixes oops.
>> Cards still does not work though.
>
> Of course, it's totally irrelevant :)
>
>> If I additionally apply Tim's patch, I get (coldplugged)
>> NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000140
>
> What is Tim's patch?  Could you attach or give the commit id if it's
> already in the git tree?

Here it goes:

>> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.alsa.devel/60411
>
> looks like a good patch to me. i hope it gets pushed into ALSA soon.

takashi applied it to the sound-2.6 git repository:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git;a=commit;h=e588ed8304f76cbb396ee85e657a58990298a675


Regards,
Dmitry.