Re: [Alsa-user] Audio drop-out with ac3 on iec958 during heavy SATA io
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From: Lee R. <rlr...@jo...> - 2006-09-19 16:24:46
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On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 18:13 +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote: > Well, you've seen the xrun detection there, so it's basically the > problem of other parts, such as disk contoller driver. That is, > something else takes too long time, and the irq for sound can't be > handled at the right time. > > If the preempt option doesn't solve the problem, I'd recommend you to > consult on LKML. > Does this help? # echo 64 > /sys/block/hdc/queue/max_sectors_kb Replace hdc with sda or whatever the kernel calls your disk and repeat for all disks. It's still a bug IMHO if this is needed, but might make your system usable until the SATA maintainers fix it. Lee |