[alsa-devel] realtek ALC272 support

[Takashi Iwai]

At Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:01:42 -0400,
Andres Salomon wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:09:20 +0200
> Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> 
> > At Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:02:41 -0400,
> > Andres Salomon wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:33:28 +0200
> > > Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > At Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:21:55 -0400,
> > > > Andres Salomon wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:41:08 -0400
> > > > > Andres Salomon <dilinger at queued.net> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:08:21 +0200
> > > > > > Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > [...]
> > > > > > > > > > > > > At Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:24:15 -0400,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Andres Salomon wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Kailang,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > I noticed that your name was on the ALC272
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > support patch for ALSA intel-hda.  This patch
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > basically sets ALC272 to use (mostly) the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > same code as ALC662.  I have two machines
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > that have ALC272, and both of them need verb
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > tables in order to function.  I'm wondering
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > if ALC662 should really be used..
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here's one -
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-hardy-lum.git;a=commitdiff;h=7662834bb9a78d244c6d7ee43358c14c94d249c9
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > This isn't the final version of the patch
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > (there are further commits I made in order to
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > support headphone mic stuff), but it gives
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > you an idea of the codec values. The other is:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-hardy-lum.git;a=commitdiff;h=72ff85641a30dc7ac502e2ea01bf14a04efb4cf1
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > All of these leave me wonder if there's a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > specific patch_alc272 function that could be
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > written to rid ourselves of these specific
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > quirks.  Are there machines with ALC272 that
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > are functional with the current ALSA code?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > [...]
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Could you try sound-unstable tree a bit later again?
> > > > > > > I found a bug in my patch, and fixed and updated GIT tree
> > > > > > > now. At least, the headphone plugging should work now.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > The mic auto-detection still doesn't work with model=auto,
> > > > > > > though. So, I'm going to take your patch anyway later.  But
> > > > > > > I just wanted to be sure that the current tree could work
> > > > > > > somehow better...
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I just updated and tried the current tree; still no
> > > > > > sound/headphone output.  :(
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Ok, I believe I've made some progress on this.  The problem
> > > > > appears to be related to the autoconfig handling of the line
> > > > > out nids.  The current code ends up with something like the
> > > > > following:
> > > > > 
> > > > > ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3833: autoconfig: line_outs=1
> > > > > (0x17/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> > > > > ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3837:    speaker_outs=0
> > > > > (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
> > > > > ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3841:    hp_outs=1
> > > > > (0x21/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3842:
> > > > > mono: mono_out=0x0 ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_codec.c:3853: inputs:
> > > > > mic=0x18, fmic=0x19, line=0x0, fline=0x0, cd=0x0, aux=0x0
> > > > > 
> > > > > However, NID 0x17 is actually a speaker_out.  The code that
> > > > > checks for line_outs in snd_hda_parse_pin_def_config() unsets
> > > > > the speaker_out and uses that NID for a line_out.  For whatever
> > > > > reason, this breaks things (no sound output, no headphone out).
> > > > 
> > > > That's intentional, and the driver checks that case, too.
> > > > Please check the latest sound git tree and see the kernel message.
> > > > You should have messages like "realtek: ..."
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Takashi
> > > 
> > > 
> > > The realtek: lines don't appear to affect NID 0x17 at all.  Instead,
> > > they say:
> > > 
> > > ALSA sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c:1154: realtek: No valid SSID,
> > > checking pincfg 0x40178e2d for NID 0x1d ALSA
> > > sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c:1170: realtek: Enabling init
> > > ASM_ID=0x8e2d CODEC_ID=10ec0272 ALSA
> > > sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c:1111: realtek: Enable HP auto-muting
> > > on NID 0x21
> > 
> > Then 0x17 should be toggled when the jack on 0x21 is detected.
> > 
> > 
> > Takashi
> 
> But since I get absolutely no sound through headphones or speakers, I
> can't tell if it's being toggled.  :)

You can see the 0x17 in the codec proc whether it's changed at plugged
/ unplugged.  The driver should change its pin control dynamically.

> I've noticed:
>  - in order to get speaker output, 0x17 *must* be defined as the
> speaker-out, and 0x14 *must* be listed as a line-out pin.
>  - in order to get headphone output, neither 0x17 nor 0x15 are to be
> listed as the first line-out pin

Then it implies that 0x17 has nothing to do with the speaker, i.e. a
BIOS bug.  0x14 could be the speaker output while 0x17 is just a
dummy.


Takashi