Re: Persistent sound hangs (2.0.0 - 2.2.0pre4 tested)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 4 Jan 1999 18:38:13 +0000 (GMT)

> The computer randomly hangs solid when it completes playing a sound file,
> probably when releasing the sound device. The only thing I can do when
> this occurs is cycle the power or press the reset button. (This happens in
> all OS's I've tried as well, Linux/MS-DOS/several windoze versions - so
> probably a hardware problem)

Yet another VIA chipset.

> Old Hyundai ISA-only 486 mainboard, w/VIA VT82C480 chipset...
> (this machine was low-end when I bought it in '94 :-)
>
> Alan? I recently saw you saying something on the list to a guy who seemed
> to have the same problem... suggestions? Maybe VIA has been buggy for a
> longer time than we thought?

The code I put in can't detect non PCI VIA chipsets, but if you compile without
PCI and change the isa_dma_bridge_buggy define in asm-i386/dma.h to 1 not
0 then build a new kernel you might survive ;)

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