Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261548AbVCNPeN (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:34:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261549AbVCNPeM (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:34:12 -0500 Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([24.172.12.4]:29200 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261548AbVCNPdx (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:33:53 -0500 Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:33:25 -0500 From: "John W. Linville" To: Greg Stark Cc: Andrew Morton , s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pmcfarland@downeast.net Subject: Re: OSS Audio borked between 2.6.6 and 2.6.10 Message-ID: <20050314153323.GA7801@tuxdriver.com> Mail-Followup-To: Greg Stark , Andrew Morton , s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pmcfarland@downeast.net References: <87u0ng90mo.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> <200503130152.52342.pmcfarland@downeast.net> <874qff89ob.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> <200503140103.55354.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> <87sm2y7uon.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> <20050313200753.20411bdb.akpm@osdl.org> <87br9m7s8h.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> <87zmx66b2b.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> <87u0nevc11.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87u0nevc11.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1069 Lines: 33 On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 03:59:06AM -0500, Greg Stark wrote: > Well, I built a slew of kernels but found it on the first reboot. > > 2.6.7 doesn't work. > > 2.6.7: > > [sound/oss] remove bogus CIV_TO_LVI > > > > This patch removes a pair of bogus LVI assignments. The explanation in > > the comment is wrong because the value of PCIB tells the hardware that > > the DMA buffer can be processed even if LVI == CIV. > > > > Setting LVI to CIV + 1 causes overruns when with short writes > > (something that vmware is very fond of). Pretty sure this is/was the problem. I found this to be causing a problem with Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. The patch to reverse this change appears to have been merged into 2.6.11. I suggest you try that one. :-) Good luck! John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/