> after several loads/unloads, the sound driver (as a module) starts to give
> lots of the following: "sound: DMA output timed out. IRQ/DRQ error?"
> however, there are no such problems with it built into the kernel.
> card is old SB-Pro, kernel 2.0.23, ask if you need more info.
Some SB (compatible) cards have broken interrupt test feature which
causes this.
You should insert a line containing #define NO_SB_IRQ_TEST to the
beginning of linux/drivers/sound/sb_common.c.
Best regards,
Hannu
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