[LAU] How well do thinkpad notebooks work for audio?

[Michal Seta]

I have been using thinkpads since 1999.  Back then I bought a i1410
and it is still working!  I could not get it to work with audio
reliably back then, it seems that the audio card (some Yamaha varian)
was not supporting full duplex in 44.1 kHz (but in 2205 it did, IIRC).
 The computer seems unbreakable.

Anyways, for the past 4 or so years I have been running on a R60e (in
the meantime I broke some T series thinkpad but it was my fault). I
will list the R60e specs below.  I use it mostly for live performance.

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 6:27 PM, <hollunder at gmx.at> wrote:
> Helpful commands to gather that data:
> cat /proc/interrupts
$ cat /proc/interrupts
           CPU0       CPU1
  0:     391824       3717   IO-APIC-edge      timer
  1:       4799          2   IO-APIC-edge      i8042
  8:          1         61   IO-APIC-edge      rtc0
  9:        492         76   IO-APIC-fasteoi   acpi
 12:         51        146   IO-APIC-edge      i8042
 14:      20706         80   IO-APIC-edge      ata_piix
 15:          0          0   IO-APIC-edge      ata_piix
 16:      34071         65   IO-APIC-fasteoi   uhci_hcd:usb1, yenta,
hdsp, i915 at pci:0000:00:02.0
 17:       2356        118   IO-APIC-fasteoi   uhci_hcd:usb2, HDA Intel
 18:          0          0   IO-APIC-fasteoi   uhci_hcd:usb3
 19:          0          2   IO-APIC-fasteoi   uhci_hcd:usb4, ehci_hcd:usb5
217:          0          2   PCI-MSI-edge      eth0
218:      51717          0   PCI-MSI-edge      iwl3945
219:      36643       3774   PCI-MSI-edge      ahci
NMI:          0          0   Non-maskable interrupts
LOC:      96680     321375   Local timer interrupts
RES:      42713      82885   Rescheduling interrupts
CAL:        205      43250   function call interrupts
TLB:        288        790   TLB shootdowns
SPU:          0          0   Spurious interrupts
ERR:          0
MIS:          0

> lspci
$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML
and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS,
943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME,
943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High
Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express
Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express
Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express
Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express
Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2
EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface
Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE
Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family)
SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751M
Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 21)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
[Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
15:00.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
16:00.0 Multimedia audio controller: Xilinx Corporation RME Hammerfall
DSP (rev 0b)

> lsusb
$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0461:4d10 Primax Electronics, Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub