On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 02:13 -0600, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > > What about audio? If there is a sound server running then you're going > > to have a constant stream of interrupts and DMA activity from the sound > > card even if the machine is idle and there aren't any sounds playing. > > Doesn't artsd at least close the audio device after some configurable idle > time? In which case that sounds like a userspace issue.
Well, as of ALSA 1.0.9 which does software mixing and volume control by default, all the sound servers are obsolete. So this should be a non-issue with a modern distro. As far as legacy support, AFAIK esd and artsd both grab the sound device on startup and never release it. Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
