[alsa-devel] Incorrect model selection for HDA Intel based card.

[Travis Place]

On Mon, 19 May 2008 10:09:00 pm Takashi Iwai wrote:
> At Mon, 19 May 2008 04:19:14 +1000,
>
> Travis Place wrote:
> > Just had a user in #alsa on freenode, with an Asus P5GD1 mainboard.
> > They couldnt seem to get surround sound working at all.
> > It has an ALC880 based HDA-Intel sound device on board.
> >
> > Now, the problem lies in the Susbsystem ID's (1043:814e).
> > These match in patch_realtek.c as follows:
> >
> > SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x814e, "ASUS", ALC880_ASUS)
> >
> > The users mainboard (The ASUS P5GD1) actually has 6 output jacks, aswell
> > as SPDIF, not the standard 3-jacks that the "ASUS" model quirk implies.
> >
> > I talked this user through forcing the driver to use '6stack-digout' for
> > his sound device, and things all work fine now.
>
> Actually, this was changed originally from ALC880_5STACK for the
> exactly same mobo (changeset 4798).  I guess 6stack-digout wasn't
> tested by that user.
>
> So, if 6stack-digout is confirmed to match better than now, it's
> fairly safe to replace the line.  Care to send a patch with a proper
> changelog?
>
>
> thanks,
>
> Takashi
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Going to get the user to run a few more tests, to confirm all is working as it 
should (seems to be, on first glance) before submitting a patch/changelog.

Will let you know when ready.

Travis Place

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