[alsa-devel] Support for ALC662 on FUJITSU SIEMENS AMILO Li3710

[Takashi Iwai]

At Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:45:39 +0200,
Mads Kiilerich wrote:
> 
> Takashi Iwai wrote, On 07/27/2009 12:10 PM:
> > At Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:04:22 +0200,
> > Mads Kiilerich wrote:
> >    
> >> Takashi Iwai wrote, On 07/27/2009 08:14 AM:
> >>      
> >>> At Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:39:28 +0200,
> >>> Mads Kiilerich wrote:
> >>>
> >>>        
> >>>> Takashi Iwai wrote, On 07/26/2009 10:50 AM:
> >>>>
> >>>>          
> >>>>> At Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:54:24 +0200,
> >>>>> Mads Kiilerich wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>            
> >>>>>> On a friends FUJITSU SIEMENS AMILO Li3710 10601011427 sound didn't work
> >>>>>> with kernel-PAE-2.6.29.6-213.fc11.i686
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>              
> >>>>> How about with the latest alsa-driver snapshot?
> >>>>>        ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/tiwai/snapshot/alsa-driver-snapshot.tar.gz
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>            
> >>>> Thanks.
> >>>>
> >>>> I looked at your sound-2.6.git tree and found no quirk for this card
> >>>> (AFAICS) and assumed that it hadn't been reported and fixed yet.
> >>>>
> >>>>          
> >>> When no quirk is set, the automatic mode is used as default.
> >>> And, it's possible that the automatic mode has been fixed in the
> >>> upstream.  That's why I asked to test with the latest one.
> >>> We should avoid any device-specific quirk as much as possible, but
> >>> rather fix the automatic parser.
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> Ok, if you think that would be possible. I assumed that it was broken
> >> beond repair.
> >>      
> ...
> >>>>> Also, please give alsa-info.sh output.  Run with --no-upload and attach
> >>>>> the generated file.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>            
> >>>> I became aware of that command after having visited my friend. I have
> >>>> output of dmesg and  lshal and lspci - is that sufficient?
> >>>>
> >>>>          
> >>> No
> >>>        
> >> Ok, thanks for the hints to help me understand.
> >>
> >> I will try alsa-drivers-snapshot and alsa-info.sh next time I get access
> >> to that computer - that will probably take more than a month.
> >>      
> > OK, let me know any results.
> >    
> 
> Ok, I got access to the machine and tested successfully. The ALC662 on 
> this machine works with the latest snapshot, so I assume that it 
> eventually will start working with vanilla upstream kernels - somewhere 
> between 2.6.30 and 2.6.32.

OK, good to hear!


thanks,

Takashi