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feat(linux): Remove irrelevant section from Audio docs
Signed-off-by: Rishikesh Donadkar <[email protected]>
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- Try to use application which uses threads for interacting with ALSA
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and with the filesystem
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.. rubric:: In case of CPU stalls (when recording)
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:name: in-case-of-cpu-stalls-when-recording
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| **No longer relevant** as DMA driver does a force teardown of the channel.
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| On some platforms, recording audio on high sample rates may work fine the
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first time, but due to issues with channel cleanup it may cause CPU stalls
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when recording the second time, requiring a reboot to fix.
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| In such scenarios, use smaller period sizes (64 to 256) while recording. For
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example:
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.. code-block:: text
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arecord -Dplughw:0,0 -r 48000 -t wav --period-size=64 <path to wav file>
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.. rubric:: ALSA period size must be aligned with the FIFO depth (tx/rx
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numevt)
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:name: alsa-period-size-must-be-aligned-with-the-fifo-depth-txrx-numevt
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| **No longer relevant** as the kernel side takes care of the AFIFO
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depth vs period size issue.
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| To decrease audio-caused stress on the system, the AFIFO is enabled and
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the depth is set to 32 for McASP.
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| If the ALSA period size is not aligned with this FIFO setting, a constant
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'trrrrr' can be heard on the output. This is caused by the eDMA not being able
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to handle a fragment size that is not aligned with burst size (AFIFO depth).
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| Application needs to make sure that **period\_size / FIFO depth** is
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even number.
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Additional Information
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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