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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-04-07 08:42:25 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-04-07 08:42:25 -0700
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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
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diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt
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@@ -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