/dev/speaker broken in 5.x? (fwd)

[Ulrich Spoerlein]

Ian Smith wrote:
> paqi# echo "T250L8CE-GE-C" > /dev/speaker  # works fine the 1st time ..
> paqi# fstat | grep speaker                 # but leaves speaker open ..
> root     csh         1919    4 /dev         72 crw-rw----  speaker  w
> root     fstat       1918    4 /dev         72 crw-rw----  speaker  w
> root     csh         1116    4 /dev         72 crw-rw----  speaker  w
> paqi# echo "T250L8CE-GE-C" > /dev/speaker  # no sound every 2nd time ..
> /dev/speaker: Device busy.

Interessting, but at least I am unable to reproduce it. What soundcard
do you have?

% dmesg|egrep spea\|pcm
pcm0: <Intel ICH4 (82801DB)> port 0xb800-0xb8ff,0xbc40-0xbc7f mem 0xf4fff800-0xf4fff9ff,0xf4fff400-0xf4fff4ff irq 9 at device 31.5 on pci0
pcm0: <SigmaTel STAC9750/51 AC97 Codec>
speaker0: <PC speaker> port 0x61,0x63,0x65,0x67 on acpi0


Ulrich Spoerlein
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