[lug] i810 audio again

[howeljs at grimoire.stortek.com]

Does it on 2.2.x, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.5

Is there some special voodoo you need to do to disable the rate sync? 
I've read the src/linux/Documentation stuff pretty thoroughly and 
haven't found anything about that. Only where you can specify a rate.

Scott A. Herod wrote:
> What version of the kernel are you running?  It turned out that the
> problem that I encountered was in the code which syncs the playback
> rate of the i810 chip to the rate of the AC97 codec.  One of my 
> experiments while trying to stop the pop was to disable the rate
> sycning and sure enough, Muddy Waters sounded like the Chipmunks.
> Now that the pop is gone, it's actually working pretty well.
> 
> The only Loki game that I've got here is Maelstrom.  Ok, it dies
> and whines about a buggy audio driver.  Not sure why, I use
> SDL_audio libs without any problem.
> 
> Scott



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