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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-04-07 08:42:25 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-04-07 08:42:25 -0700 |
| commit | 84db18bbeb5c9c1a9c86e38a89d76ee526fd2c6f (patch) | |
| tree | 49d3959eb24cd7c0754ed50e05fb96b0fb8d04aa /Documentation | |
| parent | 6948ec70355ae6cf6082519e3d76b280373dade1 (diff) | |
| parent | 55b371d4ac5ed6f3338a398fbf9f2eb9ace78799 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6:
ALSA: mixart: range checking proc file
ALSA: hda - Fix a wrong array range check in patch_realtek.c
ALSA: ASoC: move dma_data from snd_soc_dai to snd_soc_pcm_stream
ALSA: hda - Enable amplifiers on Acer Inspire 6530G
ASoC: Only do WM8994 bias off transition from standby
ASoC: Don't use DCS_DATAPATH_BUSY for WM hubs devices
ASoC: Don't do runtime wm_hubs DC servo updates if using offset correction
ASoC: Support second DC servo readback method for wm_hubs
ASoC: Avoid wraparound in wm_hubs DC servo correction
ALSA: echoaudio - Eliminate use after free
ALSA: i2c: cleanup: change parameter to pointer
ALSA: hda - Add MSI blacklist for Aopen MZ915-M
ASoC: OMAP: Fix capture pointer handling for OMAP1510 to work correctly with recent ALSA PCM code
ALSA: hda - Update document about MSI and interrupts
ALSA: hda: Fix 0 dB offset for Lenovo Thinkpad models using AD1981
ALSA: hda - Add missing printk argument in previous patch
ASoC: Fix passing platform_data to ac97 bus users and fix a leak
ALSA: hda - Fix ADC/MUX assignment of ALC269 codec
ALSA: hda - Fix invalid bit values passed to snd_hda_codec_amp_stereo()
ASoC: wm8994: playback => capture
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt index f4dd3bf99d12..98d14cb8a85d 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt @@ -119,10 +119,18 @@ the codec slots 0 and 1 no matter what the hardware reports. Interrupt Handling ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -In rare but some cases, the interrupt isn't properly handled as -default. You would notice this by the DMA transfer error reported by -ALSA PCM core, for example. Using MSI might help in such a case. -Pass `enable_msi=1` option for enabling MSI. +HD-audio driver uses MSI as default (if available) since 2.6.33 +kernel as MSI works better on some machines, and in general, it's +better for performance. However, Nvidia controllers showed bad +regressions with MSI (especially in a combination with AMD chipset), +thus we disabled MSI for them. + +There seem also still other devices that don't work with MSI. If you +see a regression wrt the sound quality (stuttering, etc) or a lock-up +in the recent kernel, try to pass `enable_msi=0` option to disable +MSI. If it works, you can add the known bad device to the blacklist +defined in hda_intel.c. In such a case, please report and give the +patch back to the upstream developer. HD-AUDIO CODEC |