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

Takashi Iwai tiwai at suse.de
Mon Jun 27 11:19:36 CEST 2011


At Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:21:26 +0200,
Julian Sikorski wrote:
> 
> W dniu 27.06.2011 08:04, Takashi Iwai pisze:
> > 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...
> 
> You are right - when auto-mute is disabled sound goes via both speakers
> and headphones when they are plugged. I did not know the function of
> auto-mute.
> However, the "Speaker" and "Headphone" controls still do influence both
> outputs, and "Speaker" can only be muted - there is no volume control
> available. So, in my opinion, they should either be merged altogether,
> or switched back to the way they work in 2.6.38.8-32.fc15.x86_64, that
> is setting the volume of speakers and headphones independently.

Give alsa-info.sh outputs on your machine with the latest status for
further analysis.


Takashi


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