On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 01:49:38 -0500 Jonathan Noack <noackjr_(_at_)_alumni_(_dot_)_rice_(_dot_)_edu> wrote:+.It Va hw.snd.pcm%d.latency_timer +Controls the PCI latency timer setting. +Adjusting this to an appropriate value will solve most popping and crackling issues +(especially on VIA motherboards).
I think "Increasing this value will solve" would be better, since the man-page doesn't say what "an appropriate" value is. "Incresing" on the other side at least tells the user what values he should try.
Thanks! New patch attached.
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Index: snd_es137x.4 =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/share/man/man4/snd_es137x.4,v retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -r1.4 snd_es137x.4 --- snd_es137x.4 22 May 2005 16:14:55 -0000 1.4 +++ snd_es137x.4 10 Jul 2005 17:30:37 -0000 @@ -39,6 +39,23 @@ bridge driver allows the generic audio driver .Xr sound 4 to attach to the Ensoniq 137x audio cards. +.Ss Runtime Configuration +The following +.Xr sysctl 8 +variables are available in addition to those available to all +.Xr sound 4 +devices: +.Bl -tag -width ".Va hw.snd.report_soft_formats" -offset indent +.It Va hw.snd.pcm%d.latency_timer +Controls the PCI latency timer setting. +Increasing this value will solve most popping and crackling issues +(especially on VIA motherboards). +.It Va hw.snd.pcm%d.spdif_enabled +Enables S/PDIF output on the primary playback channel. +This +.Xr sysctl 8 +variable is available only if the device is known to support S/PDIF output. +.El .Sh HARDWARE The .Nm @@ -59,3 +76,4 @@ .An "Russell Cattelan" Aq cattelan_(_at_)_thebarn_(_dot_)_com .An "Cameron Grant" Aq cg_(_at_)_FreeBSD_(_dot_)_org .An "Joachim Kuebart" +.An "Jonathan Noack" Aq noackjr_(_at_)_alumni_(_dot_)_rice_(_dot_)_edu
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