Re: [ALSA PATCH] OSS emulation fixes

[Jaroslav Kysela]

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Joshua Kwan wrote:

> Hi Jaroslav,
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 12:51:52PM +0200, Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
> > The pull command will update the following files:
> >
> >  include/sound/pcm_oss.h      |    1
> >  include/sound/rawmidi.h      |    1
> ...
>
> In 2.6.0-test6-mm1 with OSS emulation I encountered a problem where xine
> would use the sound card in OSS mode and no other application would be
> able to use it after that until I rebooted. Do any of these fixes
> address this problem?

Yes, it will fix oops when an application releases the OSS emulation
device.

> By the way - something you folks did during -test5 improved the quality
> of snd-intel8x0 by leaps and bounds. It used to crackle a lot at certain
> frequencies and works great now. :)

Yes, the method to obtain the current position in the DMA buffer was
changed.

						Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex@xxxxxxx>
Linux Kernel Sound Maintainer
ALSA Project, SuSE Labs
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