[alsa-devel] model needed for Clevo P150HM (Realtek ALC892)
Takashi Iwai
tiwai at suse.de
Mon Jun 27 08:04:47 CEST 2011
At Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:01:06 +0200,
Julian Sikorski wrote:
>
> W dniu 25.06.2011 13:31, Julian Sikorski pisze:
> > 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
> >
> Sorry for this email bombardment, but I just booted back to stock F15
> kernel (2.6.38.8-32.fc15.x86_64) and noticed that speaker and headphone
> controls actually do what they advertise. Still, it is impossible to
> make the sound go through the speakers when headphones are plugged in (I
> tried pavucontrol for this).
The auto-mute feature can be controlled "Auto-Mute Mode" mixer enum.
Set to "Disabled" will turn off the auto-mute in the driver side.
However...
> The converse might be true though - if you
> select "analog headphones" in pavucontrols the speakers go silent.
This is what PA does intentionally, independently from the driver
auto-mute behavior.
Takashi
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