[alsa-devel] Intel8x0 8 channel sound
Andrew Boettcher
a.boettcher at gmail.com
Sun Feb 17 19:53:14 CET 2008
On Feb 15, 2008 11:01 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> At Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:02:04 -0500,
> Andrew Boettcher wrote:
> >
> > For some intel 8x0 cards there is 8 channel sound (such as the ALC850
> chip
> > on NFORCE 4 boards), and this has not been patched yet though the patch
> has
> > been on the bug tracker. Here it is again updated for 1.0.16. There is
> > also a patch for the configuration in alsa-lib for cards/NFORCE.conf. I
> > have been patching my sources every time I update my kernel, I figured
> it
> > was time for someone to actually submit this somewhere else. The patch
> was
> > written by Martin Ellis.
>
> Thanks for submitting this. I haven't checked that issue.
>
> The change is almost OK. One thing to be fixed is the enablement of
> chip->multi8. It's unconditionally enabled together with multi6.
>
> I think we should add a new bitflag in ac97_codec->flags to indicate
> that the codec supports 8 channels. Also, ac97_channel_mode_info()
> shouldn't be unconditionally 8-channels, too. It should check the
> 8-channel capability as well.
>
> Do you know which audio controller model supports 7.1 output? We may
> need to check the chip model eventualy for 7.1-enablement.
> Certainly the earlier version of controllers don't support 7.1 output.
> Well, but these are very unlikely with ALC850 chip, so maybe it
> doesn't matter... :)
>
>
> The below is a quick-fixed patch. Could you try it?
>
>
> Takashi
>
> ---
>
> diff -r 362cee3efa84 include/ac97_codec.h
> --- a/include/ac97_codec.h Fri Feb 15 16:43:11 2008 +0100
> +++ b/include/ac97_codec.h Fri Feb 15 16:59:51 2008 +0100
> @@ -397,6 +397,7 @@
> #define AC97_HAS_NO_TONE (1<<16) /* no Tone volume */
> #define AC97_HAS_NO_STD_PCM (1<<17) /* no standard AC97 PCM volume and
> mute */
> #define AC97_HAS_NO_AUX (1<<18) /* no standard AC97 AUX
> volume and mute */
> +#define AC97_HAS_8CH (1<<19) /* supports 8-channel output */
>
> /* rates indexes */
> #define AC97_RATES_FRONT_DAC 0
> diff -r 362cee3efa84 pci/ac97/ac97_patch.c
> --- a/pci/ac97/ac97_patch.c Fri Feb 15 16:43:11 2008 +0100
> +++ b/pci/ac97/ac97_patch.c Fri Feb 15 16:59:51 2008 +0100
> @@ -114,10 +114,9 @@ static int ac97_surround_jack_mode_put(s
>
> static int ac97_channel_mode_info(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol, struct
> snd_ctl_elem_info *uinfo)
> {
> - static const char *texts[] = { "2ch", "4ch", "6ch" };
> - if (kcontrol->private_value)
> - return ac97_enum_text_info(kcontrol, uinfo, texts, 2); /*
> 4ch only */
> - return ac97_enum_text_info(kcontrol, uinfo, texts, 3);
> + static const char *texts[] = { "2ch", "4ch", "6ch", "8ch" };
> + return ac97_enum_text_info(kcontrol, uinfo, texts,
> + kcontrol->private_value);
> }
>
> static int ac97_channel_mode_get(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol, struct
> snd_ctl_elem_value *ucontrol)
> @@ -133,13 +132,8 @@ static int ac97_channel_mode_put(struct
> struct snd_ac97 *ac97 = snd_kcontrol_chip(kcontrol);
> unsigned char mode = ucontrol->value.enumerated.item[0];
>
> - if (kcontrol->private_value) {
> - if (mode >= 2)
> - return -EINVAL;
> - } else {
> - if (mode >= 3)
> - return -EINVAL;
> - }
> + if (mode >= kcontrol->private_value)
> + return -EINVAL;
>
> if (mode != ac97->channel_mode) {
> ac97->channel_mode = mode;
> @@ -158,6 +152,7 @@ static int ac97_channel_mode_put(struct
> .get = ac97_surround_jack_mode_get, \
> .put = ac97_surround_jack_mode_put, \
> }
> +/* 6ch */
> #define AC97_CHANNEL_MODE_CTL \
> { \
> .iface = SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_IFACE_MIXER, \
> @@ -165,7 +160,9 @@ static int ac97_channel_mode_put(struct
> .info = ac97_channel_mode_info, \
> .get = ac97_channel_mode_get, \
> .put = ac97_channel_mode_put, \
> + .private_value = 3, \
> }
> +/* 4ch */
> #define AC97_CHANNEL_MODE_4CH_CTL \
> { \
> .iface = SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_IFACE_MIXER, \
> @@ -173,7 +170,17 @@ static int ac97_channel_mode_put(struct
> .info = ac97_channel_mode_info, \
> .get = ac97_channel_mode_get, \
> .put = ac97_channel_mode_put, \
> - .private_value = 1, \
> + .private_value = 2, \
> + }
> +/* 8ch */
> +#define AC97_CHANNEL_MODE_8CH_CTL \
> + { \
> + .iface = SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_IFACE_MIXER, \
> + .name = "Channel Mode", \
> + .info = ac97_channel_mode_info, \
> + .get = ac97_channel_mode_get, \
> + .put = ac97_channel_mode_put, \
> + .private_value = 4, \
> }
>
> static inline int is_surround_on(struct snd_ac97 *ac97)
> @@ -208,6 +215,11 @@ static inline int is_shared_micin(struct
> static inline int is_shared_micin(struct snd_ac97 *ac97)
> {
> return !ac97->indep_surround && !is_clfe_on(ac97);
> +}
> +
> +static inline int alc850_is_aux_back_surround(struct snd_ac97 *ac97)
> +{
> + return is_surround_on(ac97);
> }
>
>
> @@ -2816,10 +2828,12 @@ static int patch_alc655(struct snd_ac97
>
> #define AC97_ALC850_JACK_SELECT 0x76
> #define AC97_ALC850_MISC1 0x7a
> +#define AC97_ALC850_MULTICH 0x6a
>
> static void alc850_update_jacks(struct snd_ac97 *ac97)
> {
> int shared;
> + int aux_is_back_surround;
>
> /* shared Line-In / Surround Out */
> shared = is_shared_surrout(ac97);
> @@ -2837,13 +2851,18 @@ static void alc850_update_jacks(struct s
> /* MIC-IN = 1, CENTER-LFE = 5 */
> snd_ac97_update_bits(ac97, AC97_ALC850_JACK_SELECT, 7 << 4,
> shared ? (5<<4) : (1<<4));
> +
> + aux_is_back_surround = alc850_is_aux_back_surround(ac97);
> + /* Aux is Back Surround */
> + snd_ac97_update_bits(ac97, AC97_ALC850_MULTICH, 1 << 10,
> + aux_is_back_surround ? (1<<10) : (0<<10));
> }
>
> static const struct snd_kcontrol_new snd_ac97_controls_alc850[] = {
> AC97_PAGE_SINGLE("Duplicate Front", AC97_ALC650_MULTICH, 0, 1, 0,
> 0),
> AC97_SINGLE("Mic Front Input Switch", AC97_ALC850_JACK_SELECT, 15,
> 1, 1),
> AC97_SURROUND_JACK_MODE_CTL,
> - AC97_CHANNEL_MODE_CTL,
> + AC97_CHANNEL_MODE_8CH_CTL,
> };
>
> static int patch_alc850_specific(struct snd_ac97 *ac97)
> @@ -2878,6 +2897,7 @@ static int patch_alc850(struct snd_ac97
> spdif-in monitor off, spdif-in PCM off
> center on mic off, surround on line-in off
> duplicate front off
> + NB default bit 10=0 = Aux is Capture, not Back Surround
> */
> snd_ac97_write_cache(ac97, AC97_ALC650_MULTICH, 1<<15);
> /* SURR_OUT: on, Surr 1kOhm: on, Surr Amp: off, Front 1kOhm: off
> diff -r 362cee3efa84 pci/intel8x0.c
> --- a/pci/intel8x0.c Fri Feb 15 16:43:11 2008 +0100
> +++ b/pci/intel8x0.c Fri Feb 15 16:59:51 2008 +0100
> @@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ DEFINE_REGSET(SP, 0x60); /* SPDIF out */
> #define ICH_PCM_SPDIF_69 0x80000000 /* s/pdif pcm on slots 6&9
> */
> #define ICH_PCM_SPDIF_1011 0xc0000000 /* s/pdif pcm on slots
> 10&11 */
> #define ICH_PCM_20BIT 0x00400000 /* 20-bit samples
> (ICH4) */
> -#define ICH_PCM_246_MASK 0x00300000 /* 6 channels (not all
> chips) */
> +#define ICH_PCM_246_MASK 0x00300000 /* channels (not all
> chips) */
> +#define ICH_PCM_8 0x00300000 /* 8 channels (not all
> chips) */
> #define ICH_PCM_6 0x00200000 /* 6 channels (not all
> chips) */
> #define ICH_PCM_4 0x00100000 /* 4 channels (not all
> chips) */
> #define ICH_PCM_2 0x00000000 /* 2 channels (stereo) */
> @@ -382,6 +383,7 @@ struct intel8x0 {
>
> unsigned multi4: 1,
> multi6: 1,
> + multi8 :1,
> dra: 1,
> smp20bit: 1;
> unsigned in_ac97_init: 1,
> @@ -995,6 +997,8 @@ static void snd_intel8x0_setup_pcm_out(s
> cnt |= ICH_PCM_4;
> else if (runtime->channels == 6)
> cnt |= ICH_PCM_6;
> + else if (runtime->channels == 8)
> + cnt |= ICH_PCM_8;
> if (chip->device_type == DEVICE_NFORCE) {
> /* reset to 2ch once to keep the 6 channel data in
> alignment,
> * to start from Front Left always
> @@ -1104,6 +1108,16 @@ static struct snd_pcm_hw_constraint_list
> .mask = 0,
> };
>
> +static unsigned int channels8[] = {
> + 2, 4, 6, 8,
> +};
> +
> +static struct snd_pcm_hw_constraint_list hw_constraints_channels8 = {
> + .count = ARRAY_SIZE(channels8),
> + .list = channels8,
> + .mask = 0,
> +};
> +
> static int snd_intel8x0_pcm_open(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
> struct ichdev *ichdev)
> {
> struct intel8x0 *chip = snd_pcm_substream_chip(substream);
> @@ -1134,7 +1148,12 @@ static int snd_intel8x0_playback_open(st
> if (err < 0)
> return err;
>
> - if (chip->multi6) {
> + if (chip->multi8) {
> + runtime->hw.channels_max = 8;
> + snd_pcm_hw_constraint_list(runtime, 0,
> + SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_CHANNELS,
> + &hw_constraints_channels8);
> + } else if (chip->multi6) {
> runtime->hw.channels_max = 6;
> snd_pcm_hw_constraint_list(runtime, 0,
> SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_CHANNELS,
> &hw_constraints_channels6);
> @@ -2195,8 +2214,11 @@ static int __devinit snd_intel8x0_mixer(
> }
> if (pbus->pcms[0].r[0].slots & (1 << AC97_SLOT_PCM_SLEFT)) {
> chip->multi4 = 1;
> - if (pbus->pcms[0].r[0].slots & (1 << AC97_SLOT_LFE))
> + if (pbus->pcms[0].r[0].slots & (1 << AC97_SLOT_LFE)) {
> chip->multi6 = 1;
> + if (chip->ac97[0]->flags & AC97_HAS_8CH)
> + chip->multi8 = 1;
> + }
> }
> if (pbus->pcms[0].r[1].rslots[0]) {
> chip->dra = 1;
>
It does not work 8 channel. I found the problem though. in line 2219 of
the patched pci/intel8x0.c it checks for the flag AC97_HAS_8CH
This flag is never set anywhere. where would be the appropriate place?
if (chip->ac97[0]->flags & AC97_HAS_8CH)
chip->multi8 = 1;
Andrew Boettcher
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