Hi, I am struggling to get the (external) microphone working on a SigmaTel STAC9221 A1 device on my Dell XPS M1210 laptop. I saw other emails indicating that this was still problematic, and the latest drivers from alsa 1.0.14 did not seem to fix the problem.
So now that I've started reading and trying to understand the basics behind the hda codec in an effort to fix this problem, I was wondering if it was possible for me to boot into windows (I've got a dual-boot setup), get into a state where the microphone is working, and somehow probe the codec's state at that time (all of the pin configurations, etc.)... then theoretically, if I reproduce that configuration on the linux side, it should work (right?).
So the question is, does anyone have a ready-made utility for Windows to do this probe of the high definition audio codec? I could probably try writing one myself, but thought I'd check if it already exists.
Thanks.
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