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| author | Jan Beich <jbeich@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-03-02 22:48:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Jan Beich <jbeich@FreeBSD.org> | 2016-03-02 22:48:44 +0000 |
| commit | a61fabb110870079b1b2b57ada32e7e4a52da549 (patch) | |
| tree | 0ecd3a90b7c3f99fc15d4ccd558265784cdd9c8e /UPDATING | |
| parent | 2c345b3f01a970592f0a6fc8219316964d58d9d4 (diff) | |
| download | ports-a61fabb110870079b1b2b57ada32e7e4a52da549.tar.gz ports-a61fabb110870079b1b2b57ada32e7e4a52da549.zip | |
audio/alsa-plugins: partially revert r380063
Restore BUFSZ_P2=on by default as a temporarily fix for excessive CPU usage
in Firefox. r378529 wasn't enough to make BUFSZ_P2=off transition smooth.
PR: 203732
Reported by: Henry Hu, Arto Pekkanen, many more indirectly
MFH: 2015Q1
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=409976
Diffstat (limited to 'UPDATING')
| -rw-r--r-- | UPDATING | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -5,6 +5,22 @@ they are unavoidable. You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. +20160302: + AFFECTS: audio/alsa-utils, www/firefox, www/firefox-esr, www/seamonkey + AUTHOR: jbeich@FreeBSD.org + + ALSA backend in libcubeb as used by Firefox has an unresolved issue + with the OSS patch in audio/alsa-plugins. To avoid excessive CPU + usage when playing HTML5 videos rebuild the port with BUFSZ_P2 + option enabled or reset options to default. + + However, with BUFSZ_P2 enabled alsa-utils may crash: + + $ aplay test.wav + Playing WAVE 'test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 48000 Hz, Stereo + Assertion failed: (err >= 0), function set_params, file aplay.c, line 1289. + Aborted by signal Abort trap... + 20160229: AFFECTS: users of security/openssh-portable-devel AUTHOR: bdrewery@FreeBSD.org |