The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.

Thanks, Sasha

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 8903376dc69949199301b290cc22dc64ae5d8a6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Kai-Heng Feng kai.heng.feng@canonical.com Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 22:41:18 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] ALSA: hda/realtek: Limit mic boost on HP ProBook 445 G8

The mic has lots of noises if mic boost is enabled. So disable mic boost to get crystal clear audio capture.

Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng kai.heng.feng@canonical.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210818144119.121738-1-kai.heng.feng@canonical.co... Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai tiwai@suse.de --- sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c index 96f32eaa24df..7ad689f991e7 100644 --- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c +++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c @@ -6658,6 +6658,7 @@ enum { ALC287_FIXUP_IDEAPAD_BASS_SPK_AMP, ALC623_FIXUP_LENOVO_THINKSTATION_P340, ALC255_FIXUP_ACER_HEADPHONE_AND_MIC, + ALC236_FIXUP_HP_LIMIT_INT_MIC_BOOST, };

static const struct hda_fixup alc269_fixups[] = { @@ -8242,6 +8243,12 @@ static const struct hda_fixup alc269_fixups[] = { .chained = true, .chain_id = ALC255_FIXUP_XIAOMI_HEADSET_MIC }, + [ALC236_FIXUP_HP_LIMIT_INT_MIC_BOOST] = { + .type = HDA_FIXUP_FUNC, + .v.func = alc269_fixup_limit_int_mic_boost, + .chained = true, + .chain_id = ALC236_FIXUP_HP_MUTE_LED_MICMUTE_VREF, + }, };

static const struct snd_pci_quirk alc269_fixup_tbl[] = { @@ -8438,8 +8445,8 @@ static const struct snd_pci_quirk alc269_fixup_tbl[] = { SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8847, "HP EliteBook x360 830 G8 Notebook PC", ALC285_FIXUP_HP_GPIO_LED), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x884b, "HP EliteBook 840 Aero G8 Notebook PC", ALC285_FIXUP_HP_GPIO_LED), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x884c, "HP EliteBook 840 G8 Notebook PC", ALC285_FIXUP_HP_GPIO_LED), - SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8862, "HP ProBook 445 G8 Notebook PC", ALC236_FIXUP_HP_MUTE_LED_MICMUTE_VREF), - SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8863, "HP ProBook 445 G8 Notebook PC", ALC236_FIXUP_HP_MUTE_LED_MICMUTE_VREF), + SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8862, "HP ProBook 445 G8 Notebook PC", ALC236_FIXUP_HP_LIMIT_INT_MIC_BOOST), + SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8863, "HP ProBook 445 G8 Notebook PC", ALC236_FIXUP_HP_LIMIT_INT_MIC_BOOST), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x886d, "HP ZBook Fury 17.3 Inch G8 Mobile Workstation PC", ALC285_FIXUP_HP_GPIO_AMP_INIT), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8870, "HP ZBook Fury 15.6 Inch G8 Mobile Workstation PC", ALC285_FIXUP_HP_GPIO_AMP_INIT), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8873, "HP ZBook Studio 15.6 Inch G8 Mobile Workstation PC", ALC285_FIXUP_HP_GPIO_AMP_INIT),