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| author | Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> | 2007-07-15 23:39:01 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-07-16 09:05:40 -0700 |
| commit | b5d425c97f7d4e92151167b01ca038e7853c6b37 (patch) | |
| tree | e2a888ad0e79325b3eecd60738ddd92aba770ebf /Documentation/sound/oss/VIA-chipset | |
| parent | 786d7e1612f0b0adb6046f19b906609e4fe8b1ba (diff) | |
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more scheduled OSS driver removal
This patch contains the scheduled removal of OSS drivers that:
- have ALSA drivers for the same hardware without known regressions and
- whose Kconfig options have been removed in 2.6.20.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sound/oss/VIA-chipset')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/oss/VIA-chipset | 43 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 43 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/oss/VIA-chipset b/Documentation/sound/oss/VIA-chipset deleted file mode 100644 index 37865234e54d..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/sound/oss/VIA-chipset +++ /dev/null @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@ -Running sound cards on VIA chipsets - -o There are problems with VIA chipsets and sound cards that appear to - lock the hardware solidly. Test programs under DOS have verified the - problem exists on at least some (but apparently not all) VIA boards - -o VIA have so far failed to bother to answer support mail on the subject - so if you are a VIA engineer feeling aggrieved as you read this - document go chase your own people. If there is a workaround please - let us know so we can implement it. - - -Certain patterns of ISA DMA access used for most PC sound cards cause the -VIA chipsets to lock up. From the collected reports this appears to cover a -wide range of boards. Some also lock up with sound cards under Win* as well. - -Linux implements a workaround providing your chipset is PCI and you compiled -with PCI Quirks enabled. If so you will see a message - "Activating ISA DMA bug workarounds" - -during booting. If you have a VIA PCI chipset that hangs when you use the -sound and is not generating this message even with PCI quirks enabled -please report the information to the linux-kernel list (see REPORTING-BUGS). - -If you are one of the tiny number of unfortunates with a 486 ISA/VLB VIA -chipset board you need to do the following to build a special kernel for -your board - - edit linux/include/asm-i386/dma.h - -change - -#define isa_dma_bridge_buggy (0) - -to - -#define isa_dma_bridge_buggy (1) - -and rebuild a kernel without PCI quirk support. - - -Other than this particular glitch the VIA [M]VP* chipsets appear to work -perfectly with Linux. |
