[alsa-devel] Issue with creative Xfi PCIe ca0110-IBG

[Takashi Iwai]

At Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:59:23 +0200,
Guillem Solà wrote:
> 
> Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > At Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:01:35 +0200,
> > Guillem Solà wrote:
> >   
> >> Takashi Iwai wrote:
> >>     
> >>> At Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:12:47 +0200,
> >>> Guillem Solà wrote:
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> Takashi Iwai wrote:
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>>>> At Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:10:44 +0200,
> >>>>> Guillem Solà wrote:
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>           
> >>>>>> Takashi Iwai wrote:
> >>>>>>     
> >>>>>>         
> >>>>>>             
> >>>>>>> It shows the address 1.  So, my patch doesn't work, as it assumes
> >>>>>>> address 0.  Replace it with 1, and pass probe_mask=0x02.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Takashi
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>   
> >>>>>>>       
> >>>>>>>           
> >>>>>>>               
> >>>>>> Yeah great, it's working again!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I did modprobe snd-hda-intel probe_mask=0x03 instead of mask=0x02 to 
> >>>>>> make it work
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> and the patch let this way ( I changed both return 1 and addr=1)
> >>>>>>     
> >>>>>>         
> >>>>>>             
> >>>>> Now the question is whether probe_mask=0x03 (or 0x02) works without
> >>>>> this patch.  How is it?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> thanks,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>           
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> after few tests I can conclude that it could work with and without the 
> >>>> patch. The same happens with modprobe snd-hda-intel probe_mask=0x03 or 
> >>>> 0x02 both can work.
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> OK, good to hear.
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> So it seems to be fickle because not all the times you modprobe the 
> >>>> intel module it worked.
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> Do you mean it's still unstable even with probe_mask option, or it is
> >>> when without?
> >>>
> >>> If probe_mask fixes its fickleness (or flirtation :), the patch below
> >>> should help.  It will set the default probe_mask for your device.
> >>> Give it a try.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Takashi
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> By fickle I mean that when modprobing hda-intel module sometimes it 
> >> works fine and others cannot get audio although the system seems to 
> >> always recognize the card, and yes, I'm always using probe_mask=0x02 option.
> >>
> >> Actually, about one of five times I can successfully load the module. As 
> >> I said the first patch doesn't affect, it has been only the casualty 
> >> that made me believe it did something.
> >>     
> >
> > Hm, then it's still puzzling what causes the problem in the recent
> > kernel.  Or is it coincidence?
> >
> >
> > Takashi
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> >   
> Uff, really don't know what to say, when I thought I saw some light... 
> I've been testing with 2.6.31-rc6 and 2.6.31 (final) with and without 
> patches and maybe is only the probe_mask option what make it work sometimes.
> 
> Perhaps I did bisect bad and wasn't 
> deadff1665491afce124a8ff83f00f784161f660 first bad commit?

Possible.  But, before bisecting, we should be really sure which
release was really OK.  Did 2.6.30 work without any problems?


thanks,

Takashi