Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 06:05:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 06:05:27 -0500 Received: from hermine.idb.hist.no ([158.38.50.15]:8720 "HELO hermine.idb.hist.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 06:05:23 -0500 Message-ID: <3C207473.E7AB9C6B@idb.hist.no> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 12:05:23 +0100 From: Helge Hafting X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [no] (X11; U; Linux 2.5.1-pre10 i686) X-Accept-Language: no, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug Ledford , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Scheduler ( was: Just a second ) ... In-Reply-To:

<20011218105459.X855@lynx.no> <3C1F8A9E.3050409@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Doug Ledford wrote: > Weel, evidently esd and artsd both do this (well, I assume esd does now, it > didn't do this in the past). Basically, they both transmit silence over the > sound chip when nothing else is going on. So even though you don't hear > anything, the same sound output DMA is taking place. Uuurgh. :-( > That avoids things > like nasty pops when you start up the sound hardware for a beep and that Yuk, bad hardware. Pops when you start or stop writing? You don't even have to turn the volume off or something to get a pop? Toss it. > sort of thing. It also maintains state where as dropping output entirely > could result in things like module auto unloading and then reloading on the > next beep, etc. Much better solved by having the device open, but not writing anything. Open devices don't unload. Helge Hafting - 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/