[alsa-devel] [PATCH] New quirk for USB DAC 08bb:2704

Howdy, all
I have one of these: http://www.chordelectronics.co.uk/products_detail.asp?id=63
It's got one of these USB DACs inside ID 08bb:2704 Texas Instruments Japan
The DAC has a single mixer control, Master, which allows you to adjust volume and mute/unmute. The fun thing is that the volume adjustment has no effect whatsoever. On machines running pulse, this means that output will be at 0dB pretty much all the time. (Of course, this is true of non-pulse machines also).
The attached patch disables the Master control, which causes pulse to control levels entirely in software, as it should for this device.
The main downside to this patch is that, while the volume part of the Master control is non-functional, the mute/unmute aspect does work as expected. I couldn't figure out how to change the Master control to just a mute/unmute control, but if someone has suggestions on what to do, that'd be appreciated. Judging by the comments in the code (and contrary to what I wrote in the map comment), I presume the mute/unmute control is the only reason why 08bb:2702 isn't doing this same thing.
Cheers, --xsdg

At Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:53:25 +0000, Omari Stephens wrote:
Howdy, all
I have one of these: http://www.chordelectronics.co.uk/products_detail.asp?id=63
It's got one of these USB DACs inside ID 08bb:2704 Texas Instruments Japan
The DAC has a single mixer control, Master, which allows you to adjust volume and mute/unmute. The fun thing is that the volume adjustment has no effect whatsoever. On machines running pulse, this means that output will be at 0dB pretty much all the time. (Of course, this is true of non-pulse machines also).
The attached patch disables the Master control, which causes pulse to control levels entirely in software, as it should for this device.
The main downside to this patch is that, while the volume part of the Master control is non-functional, the mute/unmute aspect does work as expected. I couldn't figure out how to change the Master control to just a mute/unmute control, but if someone has suggestions on what to do, that'd be appreciated. Judging by the comments in the code (and contrary to what I wrote in the map comment), I presume the mute/unmute control is the only reason why 08bb:2702 isn't doing this same thing.
The patch looks good to me. Could you give your sign-off?
thanks,
Takashi
Cheers, --xsdg [2 0001-Add-a-quirk-to-ignore-the-Master-volume-control-on-0.patch <text/x-patch (7bit)>]
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From: Omari Stephens xsdg@xsdg.org Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:36:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a quirk to ignore the Master volume control on 08bb:2704
mixer.c | 6 ++++++ mixer_maps.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mixer.c b/mixer.c index 3ed3901..38d5d77 100644 --- a/mixer.c +++ b/mixer.c @@ -1192,6 +1192,12 @@ static int parse_audio_feature_unit(struct mixer_build *state, int unitid, void /* disable non-functional volume control */ master_bits &= ~UAC_CONTROL_BIT(UAC_FU_VOLUME); break;
- case USB_ID(0x08bb, 0x2704):
snd_printk(KERN_INFO
"usbmixer: master volume quirk for PCM2704 chip\n");
/* disable non-functional volume control */
master_bits &= ~UAC_CONTROL_BIT(UAC_FU_VOLUME);
} if (channels > 0) first_ch_bits = snd_usb_combine_bytes(bmaControls + csize, csize);break;
diff --git a/mixer_maps.c b/mixer_maps.c index f1324c4..40edd9b 100644 --- a/mixer_maps.c +++ b/mixer_maps.c @@ -208,11 +208,23 @@ static struct usbmix_name_map live24ext_map[] = { /* LineX FM Transmitter entry - needed to bypass controls bug */ static struct usbmix_name_map linex_map[] = { /* 1: IT pcm */
- /* 2: OT Speaker */
- /* 2: OT Speaker */ { 3, "Master" }, /* FU: master volume - left / right / mute */ { 0 } /* terminator */
};
+/* This DAC (08bb:2704) has a single "Volume" control which isn't actually
- connected to anything. The 08bb:2702 device is based off the LineX map, so
- presumably the 2704 one is similar but more broken.
- */
+static struct usbmix_name_map ti_broken_usb_dac_map[] = {
- /* 1: IT pcm */
- /* 2: OT Speaker */
- { 3, NULL }, /* Master (not connected to anything) */
- { 0 }
+};
static struct usbmix_name_map maya44_map[] = { /* 1: IT line */ { 2, "Line Playback" }, /* FU */ @@ -355,6 +367,11 @@ static struct usbmix_ctl_map usbmix_ctl_maps[] = { .ignore_ctl_error = 1, }, {
.id = USB_ID(0x08bb, 0x2704),
.map = ti_broken_usb_dac_map,
.ignore_ctl_error = 1,
- },
- { .id = USB_ID(0x0a92, 0x0091), .map = maya44_map, },
-- 1.7.2.3
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On 02/14/2011 05:10 PM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
At Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:53:25 +0000, Omari Stephens wrote:
Howdy, all
I have one of these: http://www.chordelectronics.co.uk/products_detail.asp?id=63
It's got one of these USB DACs inside ID 08bb:2704 Texas Instruments Japan
The DAC has a single mixer control, Master, which allows you to adjust volume and mute/unmute. The fun thing is that the volume adjustment has no effect whatsoever. On machines running pulse, this means that output will be at 0dB pretty much all the time. (Of course, this is true of non-pulse machines also).
The attached patch disables the Master control, which causes pulse to control levels entirely in software, as it should for this device.
The main downside to this patch is that, while the volume part of the Master control is non-functional, the mute/unmute aspect does work as expected. I couldn't figure out how to change the Master control to just a mute/unmute control, but if someone has suggestions on what to do, that'd be appreciated. Judging by the comments in the code (and contrary to what I wrote in the map comment), I presume the mute/unmute control is the only reason why 08bb:2702 isn't doing this same thing.
The patch looks good to me. Could you give your sign-off?
Oops; sorry (haven't submitted a kernel patch before). Will do.
That said, I have some friends with the same device, and at least one says that the volume control works fine for him, so I want to do a bit more investigation before this quirk gets added. Will send email when I get things figured out a little more.
--xsdg

At Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:16:18 +0000, Omari Stephens wrote:
On 02/14/2011 05:10 PM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
At Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:53:25 +0000, Omari Stephens wrote:
Howdy, all
I have one of these: http://www.chordelectronics.co.uk/products_detail.asp?id=63
It's got one of these USB DACs inside ID 08bb:2704 Texas Instruments Japan
The DAC has a single mixer control, Master, which allows you to adjust volume and mute/unmute. The fun thing is that the volume adjustment has no effect whatsoever. On machines running pulse, this means that output will be at 0dB pretty much all the time. (Of course, this is true of non-pulse machines also).
The attached patch disables the Master control, which causes pulse to control levels entirely in software, as it should for this device.
The main downside to this patch is that, while the volume part of the Master control is non-functional, the mute/unmute aspect does work as expected. I couldn't figure out how to change the Master control to just a mute/unmute control, but if someone has suggestions on what to do, that'd be appreciated. Judging by the comments in the code (and contrary to what I wrote in the map comment), I presume the mute/unmute control is the only reason why 08bb:2702 isn't doing this same thing.
The patch looks good to me. Could you give your sign-off?
Oops; sorry (haven't submitted a kernel patch before). Will do.
That said, I have some friends with the same device, and at least one says that the volume control works fine for him, so I want to do a bit more investigation before this quirk gets added. Will send email when I get things figured out a little more.
OK, let me know if it's ready.
thanks,
Takashi
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