2.0.35 - didn't lock in over an hour of writes (repeated twice)
2.1.121 UP - locked within ten minutes of beginning writing to the floppy
2.1.122 SMP - locked twice (once in about two minutes; the next within
six)
The only anomaly I noticed under 2.0.35 was that the sound seemed to
stutter some while writing to the floppy.
This leads me to believe that it is NOT, at least not completely, a
hardware problem. Instead, it seems to be a problem within the kernel
itself. If it is a hardware based problem, then the 2.0 series seems to
have some sort of work-around for it. Even with this being the case, the
best workaround may be to just stop sound when writing to the floppy
device. I would implement this though I have no clue where to start with
doing this :) If anyone would give me some suggestions on where to start,
I'd be glad to work on it; if someone would instead like to try and patch
it, I'll test any patches.
My system is a Dell P200 MMX with 64 megs of RAM and an on-motherboard
Vibra 16 (Sound Blaster). Any additional information can be provided upon
request.
Jeremy Katz
katzj@shells.technojunkie.com
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