Massive sound changes / fix (24/32bit pcm support, new

[Ariff Abdullah]

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 17:30:19 -0400
Mathew Kanner <mat at cnd.mcgill.ca> wrote:
> On Jul 13, Ariff Abdullah wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:44:24 -0400
> > Mathew Kanner <mat at cnd.mcgill.ca> wrote:
> > > On Jul 13, Ariff Abdullah wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 22:02:33 +0200
> > > > raoul megelas <rmgls at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> > > > > Hello all,
> > > > > 
> > > > > after applying the patch (July, 8), i notice regular
> > > > > pops when adjusting the mixer for any input or output.
> > > > > Is it related to the hardware (ich5), or the driver.
> > > > > I does not know.  Any idea to help?
> > > > > thanks a lot.
> > > > >
> > > > 
> > > > Is the volume level change in a drastic manner or gradually?
> > > 
> > > 	Sounds like a locking issue.  Writting to the device while
> > > another thread is already writting to the device.  I don't know
> > > this hardward but have seen this on others.
> > > 	--Mat
> > > 
> > 
> > (hey welcome back!)
> > 
> > I hope so... But one thing about intel ac97 standard itself is
> > stupid incompatibility across different vendor. I'm afraid his
> > problem is because of incorrect mixer resolution detection. ac97.c
> > (line 629) trying its best to calculate *exact* resolution
> > although already predefined up there. In any case, we can simply
> > ignore it and carry on with predefined value (the detection
> > mechanism should be fine though).
> > 
> > sigh.. I really hope it's about locking issue, which is easier to
> > mitigate as compare with that.
> 
> 	Hi,
> 	I'm must be missing something, I think the complaint is noise
> when adjusting the volumen, not the granularity of the volume level.
> 	--Mat
> 

I'm worrying too much. Let us hope he can respon quick enough.



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