[alsa-devel] model needed for Clevo P150HM (Realtek ALC892)

Julian Sikorski belegdol at gmail.com
Sat Jun 25 13:31:16 CEST 2011


W dniu 25.06.2011 13:08, Julian Sikorski pisze:
> W dniu 25.06.2011 09:11, Takashi Iwai pisze:
>> At Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:25:53 +0200,
>> Julian Sikorski wrote:
>>>
>>> On 24/06/2011 11:12, Takashi Iwai wrote:
>>>> At Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:34:01 +0200,
>>>> Takashi Iwai wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> At Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:40:47 +0200,
>>>>> Julian Sikorski wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 23/06/2011 14:41, Takashi Iwai wrote:
>>>>>>> At Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:36:55 +0200,
>>>>>>> Julian Sikorski wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am coming here from pulseaudio-general mailing list [1]. I recently
>>>>>>>> got myself a Clevo P150HM laptop. It has 2.1 speakers, a built-in
>>>>>>>> microphone and the following connectors:
>>>>>>>> - headphone out
>>>>>>>> - microphone in; can be switched to center/lfe out
>>>>>>>> - spdif out; can be switched to rear speaker out
>>>>>>>> - line in; can be switched to side speaker out
>>>>>>>> Alsa does not seem to reflect that the device is capable of 5.1 and 7.1
>>>>>>>> sound, and there are two configs showing up in pavucontrol (analog
>>>>>>>> output and analog headphones) which seem to be the same. I have uploaded
>>>>>>>> the output of alsa-info.sh [2]. Please let me know if more information
>>>>>>>> is needed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The current parser doesn't allow the multi-io pins when the primary
>>>>>>> output is no line-out.  The patch below should fix (change) the
>>>>>>> behavior.  It'll count HP out, too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Takashi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c
>>>>>>> index fe56b2b..b0cf726 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c
>>>>>>> +++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c
>>>>>>> @@ -18992,6 +18992,7 @@ static int alc662_auto_fill_dac_nids(struct hda_codec *codec,
>>>>>>>    	hda_nid_t dac;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    	spec->multiout.dac_nids = spec->private_dac_nids;
>>>>>>> +	spec->multiout.num_dacs = 0;
>>>>>>>    	for (i = 0; i<   cfg->line_outs; i++) {
>>>>>>>    		dac = alc_auto_look_for_dac(codec, cfg->line_out_pins[i]);
>>>>>>>    		if (!dac)
>>>>>>> @@ -19326,8 +19327,20 @@ static int alc_auto_add_multi_channel_mode(struct hda_codec *codec)
>>>>>>>    	unsigned int location, defcfg;
>>>>>>>    	int num_pins;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +	if (cfg->line_out_type == AUTO_PIN_SPEAKER_OUT&&   cfg->hp_outs == 1) {
>>>>>>> +		/* use HP as primary out */
>>>>>>> +		cfg->speaker_outs = cfg->line_outs;
>>>>>>> +		memcpy(cfg->speaker_pins, cfg->line_out_pins,
>>>>>>> +		       sizeof(cfg->speaker_pins));
>>>>>>> +		cfg->line_outs = cfg->hp_outs;
>>>>>>> +		memcpy(cfg->line_out_pins, cfg->hp_pins, sizeof(cfg->hp_pins));
>>>>>>> +		cfg->hp_outs = 0;
>>>>>>> +		memset(cfg->hp_pins, 0, sizeof(cfg->hp_pins));
>>>>>>> +		cfg->line_out_type = AUTO_PIN_HP_OUT;
>>>>>>> +		alc662_auto_fill_dac_nids(codec, cfg);
>>>>>>> +	}
>>>>>>>    	if (cfg->line_outs != 1 ||
>>>>>>> -	    cfg->line_out_type != AUTO_PIN_LINE_OUT)
>>>>>>> +	    cfg->line_out_type == AUTO_PIN_SPEAKER_OUT)
>>>>>>>    		return 0;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    	defcfg = snd_hda_codec_get_pincfg(codec, cfg->line_out_pins[0]);
>>>>>>> @@ -19348,6 +19361,8 @@ static int alc_auto_add_multi_channel_mode(struct hda_codec *codec)
>>>>>>>    		spec->multi_ios = num_pins;
>>>>>>>    		spec->ext_channel_count = 2;
>>>>>>>    		spec->multiout.num_dacs = num_pins + 1;
>>>>>>> +		/* for avoiding multi HP mixers */
>>>>>>> +		cfg->line_out_type = AUTO_PIN_LINE_OUT;
>>>>>>>    	}
>>>>>>>    	return 0;
>>>>>>>    }
>>>>>> Would you like me to test this patch? If so, what should I apply it to
>>>>>> and how should I proceed?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, the test would be appreciated, of course.
>>>>> Apply it to the latest 3.0-rc kernel and test.
>>>>
>>>> Also, the additional patch below will give "Headphone" mixer control
>>>> back while new "Surround", "Center" and "LFE" will appear.
>>>>
>>>> Note that you'll need to change "Channel Mode" mixer control to "6ch"
>>>> for using the surround outputs even with these patches.  As default,
>>>> it's set as "2ch".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Takashi
>>>>
>>> I will definitely try to give this a shot, but the outcome might be 
>>> dependent on the fact whether Fedora 15 will want to work with 3.0-rc 
>>> kernel.
>>
>> You can build the kernel by yourself at any time...
>>
>>> How about 8-channel sound btw? Under Windows the device claims to be 
>>> capable of it.
>>
>> Do you have 4 jacks?  Otherwise it's nonsense.
>>
>>
>> Takashi
> OK, I was able to successfully apply the patch and build the kernel. I
> tested it using:
> $ pasuspender bash
> $ speaker-test -Dplug:surround51 -c6
> Once I set sound to 6-channel using alsamixer -c0, I was able to hear
> the sound for all 6 channels. Setting it to 4 channels took away LFE and
> center. Pulseaudio outputs are still a little messy, but this is out of
> ALSA scope, I think.
> 
> Julian
It seems I spoke a bit too soon. The superfluous controls are still a
problem. Speaker and Headphone controls seem to be overlapping (new
output on amixer -c0 attached). They both control the headphones when
they are plugged in and internal speakers when not.

Julian
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