Summary ======= The ASUS VivoBook 16 Flip TP3607SA laptop contains TI TAS2781 smart amplifiers but they are not supported by the current snd_hda_scodec_tas2781_i2c driver. The driver fails to initialize with "Platform not supported" error, preventing internal speakers from working.
Hardware Information ==================== Laptop Model: ASUS VivoBook 16 Flip TP3607SA_TP3607SA BIOS Version: 1.0 PCI Audio Device: Intel Lunar Lake-M HD Audio Controller [8086:a828] (rev 10) Subsystem Vendor: 0x1043 (ASUS) Subsystem Device: 0x3e30 Audio Codec: Realtek ALC294 (HDA:10ec0294,10433e30,00100004) Smart Amplifier: TI TAS2781 on I2C bus (ACPI ID: TIAS2781:00)
System Information ================== OS: Ubuntu 25.04 (development) Kernel: 6.14.0-1007-realtime Audio System: PipeWire with SOF (Sound Open Firmware) SOF Firmware: intel/sof-ipc4/lnl/sof-lnl.ri (version 2.12.0.1) Topology: intel/sof-ipc4-tplg/sof-hda-generic-2ch.tplg
Current Behavior ================ 1. Audio Detection: SOF firmware loads successfully and creates speaker sink in PipeWire 2. Audio Pipeline: Complete audio pipeline works (volume controls, routing, mixing) 3. TAS2781 Driver: Fails to bind with the following errors:
tas2781-hda i2c-TIAS2781:00: Failed to get Speaker id. tas2781-hda i2c-TIAS2781:00: read acpi error, ret: -2 tas2781-hda i2c-TIAS2781:00: error -ENOENT: Platform not supported tas2781-hda i2c-TIAS2781:00: probe with driver tas2781-hda failed with error -2
4. Result: No sound from internal speakers (Bluetooth and HDMI audio work fine)
Technical Analysis ================== - I2C Device Present: i2c-TIAS2781:00 device exists and is detected - ACPI Information: Device has ACPI ID TIAS2781: but driver cannot read required configuration - Volume Control: Audio shows active volume bars in pavucontrol, indicating software pipeline works - Driver Status: TAS2781 driver loads but doesn't bind to the device due to platform whitelist
Evidence of TAS2781 Hardware ============================= I2C device exists: $ ls /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-TIAS2781:00/ firmware_node modalias name power subsystem
Device modalias: $ cat /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-TIAS2781:00/modalias acpi:TIAS2781:
PipeWire detects speaker sink: $ pactl list sinks short | grep Speaker 60 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-skl_hda_dsp_generic.HiFi__Speaker__sink
Expected Behavior ================= The TAS2781 driver should recognize the ASUS VivoBook 16 Flip TP3607SA (subsystem ID 1043:3e30) as a supported platform and successfully initialize the smart amplifiers, enabling internal speaker audio output.
Workarounds Attempted ===================== 1. Manual I2C device creation: Created tas2781 devices at addresses 0x38-0x3b, but they fail with communication timeouts (error -121) 2. Driver parameters: Tried various modprobe options, but the driver doesn't expose platform override parameters 3. GPIO manipulation: Attempted to enable GPIO pins that might control amplifier power, without success 4. Kernel versions: Tested multiple 6.14.x kernels including recent versions with November 26, 2024 ASUS TAS2781 improvements
Request ======= Please add support for ASUS VivoBook 16 Flip TP3607SA (subsystem ID 1043:3e30) to the TAS2781 driver's supported platform list. This appears to be a matter of adding the device ID to the driver's whitelist and possibly providing the appropriate ACPI configuration parsing.
Additional Notes ================ - This is a recent laptop model (2024) with Intel Lunar Lake platform - Other ASUS laptops may have similar TAS2781 configurations - The November 26, 2024 commit "ALSA: hda/tas2781: Add speaker id check for ASUS projects" suggests ongoing work on ASUS TAS2781 support - Hardware detection is working perfectly through SOF firmware
Contact Information =================== Available for testing patches or providing additional debugging information.
Attachments =========== - Full dmesg output available upon request - ACPI tables dump available if needed - Detailed hardware information via sudo lshw available