Re: [2.4]ALi M5451 sound hangs on init; workaround
Harald Arnesen wrote:
>
> Emil <emilp@update.uu.se> writes:
>
> > Fedor Karpelevitch wrote:
> >>
> >> I have ALi M5451 souncard in my laptop (Compaq Presario 900z for those
> >> searching) and it hangs the machine with any kernel I tried
> >> (currently 2.4.20-ac1 + hirofumi patch). I traced it down to the line
> >> where it hangs - that is drivers/sound/trident.c:3379 which says:
> >> pci_write_config_byte(pci_dev, 0xB8, ~temp);
> >
> > Just out of curiosity, do this chip actually work using the trident
> > driver?
> > I have an acer632lc which use the ali5451 chip, and while trying to
> > get it to work I run into some page claiming that although the trident
> > driver was supposed to work it didn't, one had to use alsa (which I got
> > working fine btw) instead.
>
> My Thinkpad has this chip, and I get sound with the kernel driver.
Ok, I guess that info vas outdated then. Thanks for the info.
// Emil
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