[alsa-devel] [PATCH v3 0/5] ALSA: hda - hdmi: ATI/AMD multi-channel and HBR support

[James Le Cuirot]

Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula <at> iki.fi> writes:

> Here's another revision of the ATI/AMD multichannel+HBR patchset.

Hi Anssi. Many thanks for your work on this. I am very keen to test this 
new code but have so far been unsuccessful. I have a Radeon 4670 (Sapphire 
branded) connected to a Yamaha RX-V773. I am running the sound/for-next 
kernel (82755ab) with your "missing PCM SAD" patch applied.

The new kernel has allowed ALSA to recognise the card as multichannel and I 
can issue the following speaker-test command but I still only hear "Front 
Left" and "Front Right" and the Yahama seems to report the signal as stereo.

# speaker-test -Dhdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0 -c6 -t wav

speaker-test 1.0.27.2

Playback device is hdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 6 channels
WAV file(s)
Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
Buffer size range from 64 to 5440
Period size range from 32 to 2720
Using max buffer size 5440
Periods = 4
was set period_size = 1088
was set buffer_size = 5440
 0 - Front Left
 4 - Center
 1 - Front Right
 3 - Rear Right
 2 - Rear Left
 5 - LFE

I have tried various sample rates. I have the HDMI cable plugged into the 
secondary output as my speakerless DVI monitor is plugged into the primary 
but I have also tried the HDMI cable in the primary output by itself. I 
even bought the "official" HIS HHDMI4071 adapter as the unbranded one that 
came with my card looked quite different. None of these things have helped. 
I must admit that I don't fully understand what this ELD stuff is about but 
I can tell you that it's not looking too good on my system.

/proc/asound/HDMI/eld#0.0:
monitor_present	    1
eld_valid           0

I'm guessing the codec file may provide some useful information.

/proc/asound/HDMI/codec#0:
Codec: ATI R6xx HDMI
Address: 0
AFG Function Id: 0x1 (unsol 0)
Vendor Id: 0x1002aa01
Subsystem Id: 0x00aa0100
Revision Id: 0x100100
No Modem Function Group found
Default PCM:
    rates [0x70]: 32000 44100 48000
    bits [0x2]: 16
    formats [0x1]: PCM
Default Amp-In caps: N/A
Default Amp-Out caps: N/A
State of AFG node 0x01:
  Power states:  D0 D3
  Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
GPIO: io=0, o=0, i=0, unsolicited=0, wake=0
Node 0x02 [Audio Output] wcaps 0x201: Stereo Digital
  Converter: stream=1, channel=0
  Digital: Enabled
  Digital category: 0x0
  IEC Coding Type: 0x0
Node 0x03 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x400381: Stereo Digital
  Control: name="HDMI/DP,pcm=3 Jack", index=0, device=0
  Control: name="IEC958 Playback Con Mask", index=0, device=0
  Control: name="IEC958 Playback Pro Mask", index=0, device=0
  Control: name="IEC958 Playback Default", index=0, device=0
  Control: name="IEC958 Playback Switch", index=0, device=0
  Control: name="ELD", index=0, device=3
  Pincap 0x00000094: OUT Detect HDMI
  Pin Default 0x18560010: [Jack] Digital Out at Int HDMI
    Conn = Digital, Color = Unknown
    DefAssociation = 0x1, Sequence = 0x0
  Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
  Unsolicited: tag=01, enabled=1
  Connection: 1
     0x02

If it rules anything out, I have had the ALSA a52 plugin working but 
obviously this isn't an ideal solution. Any help would be appreciated and 
I'll gladly provide more information. I've done some light kernel hacking 
but I'm no expert.

Thanks,
James