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Kernel stats show DSP not enabled for multimedia acceleration #97

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Hi all,

I'm trying to use Rowboat for DSP-based multimedia acceleration on a 
Beagleboard rev. C4 with OMAP3530. I built Rowboat using the instructions found 
on the wiki page 
(http://code.google.com/p/rowboat/wiki/DSP#Building_and_Testing_DSP_stack) for 
building and testing the DSP stack. I configured the SD Card and got Rowboat to 
boot using the exact instructions found on the previously mentioned web page. 
Then, I tried playing a video and an mp3 as directed by the instructions in the 
"Test" section. 

Because I am interested in measuring power consumption as well, I have been 
reading from files in the power management debugfs (e.g. 
/sys/kernel/debug/pm_debug/time) to determine how long each core is in 
particular power states (OFF, RETENTION, INACTIVE, ON). When looking at the 
output, it shows that the DSP never enters the ON state during video or audio 
playback.

Clearly, if the DSP is doing processing, it should enter the ON state at some 
point during playback, but the stats show that it doesn't. Is there anything I 
have to do to actually enable the DSP? Did I do something wrong in the Rowboat 
build process? As I mentioned before, I followed the directions on the wiki 
link posted above from beginning to end, so I'm not sure what the problem is. 
Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

George

Original issue reported on code.google.com by gvlemin...@gmail.com on 3 May 2011 at 6:38