As Joe Cooper swelljoe@gmail.com reported, "On most HP Envy laptops the snd-usb-audio module causes the system to become unresponsive and Gnome Shell 3 to crash.". See also: http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2012-December/057729.ht...
Add a quirk to ignore this device (for now) to solve the instability issue and allow other USB audio devices to be used.
Reported-by: Joe Cooper swelljoe@gmail.com Tested-by: Isaac Smith hunternet93@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Eldad Zack eldad@fogrefinery.com --- sound/usb/quirks-table.h | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Applies against mainline 3.7.0 and sound-3.8.
diff --git a/sound/usb/quirks-table.h b/sound/usb/quirks-table.h index 49f9af9..e3c59f0 100644 --- a/sound/usb/quirks-table.h +++ b/sound/usb/quirks-table.h @@ -99,6 +99,42 @@ },
/* + * HP Wireless Audio + * When not ignored, causes instability issues for some users, forcing them to + * blacklist the entire module. + */ +{ + USB_DEVICE(0x0424, 0xb832), + .driver_info = (unsigned long) &(const struct snd_usb_audio_quirk) { + .vendor_name = "Standard Microsystems Corp.", + .product_name = "HP Wireless Audio", + .ifnum = QUIRK_ANY_INTERFACE, + .type = QUIRK_COMPOSITE, + .data = (const struct snd_usb_audio_quirk[]) { + /* Mixer */ + { + .ifnum = 0, + .type = QUIRK_IGNORE_INTERFACE, + }, + /* Playback */ + { + .ifnum = 1, + .type = QUIRK_IGNORE_INTERFACE, + }, + /* Capture */ + { + .ifnum = 2, + .type = QUIRK_IGNORE_INTERFACE, + }, + /* HID Device, .ifnum = 3 */ + { + .ifnum = -1, + } + } + } +}, + +/* * Logitech QuickCam: bDeviceClass is vendor-specific, so generic interface * class matches do not take effect without an explicit ID match. */