[alsa-devel] Acer Ferrari 5000

[Russ Dill]

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> At Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:48:19 -0700,
> Russ Dill wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
>> > At Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:28:57 -0700,
>> > Russ Dill wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> > BTW, I found why model=auto doesn't work well on your machine.
>> >> >> > It's because (again) of BIOS.  It doesn't set the codec SSID properly
>> >> >> > so the driver doesn't accept the HP auto-toggle and other features.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > So, in your case, using model=acer-aspire would be likely the best
>> >> >> > choice (supposing it matches with most functionality).  If you have no
>> >> >> > problem (at least regressions) with this model, I'll add the entry to
>> >> >> > point to model=acer-aspire
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Add Acer Ferrar 5000 Quirk to Intel HDA driver
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks, a similar fix was already merged now.
>> >>
>> >> It all works for a while, but eventually I'll get a "azx_get_response
>> >> timeout, switching to polling mode: last cmd=0x10bb2001" and it no
>> >> longer responds to headphone plug events without an unload/reload of
>> >> the module.
>> >
>> > Did you try my test patch?
>>
>> It is with the patch:
>>
>> [16877.337044] hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout, switching to
>> polling mode: last cmd=0x106f000a
>> [16878.341056] hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout (ERROR): last cmd=0x106f000a
>> [16879.345036] hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout (ERROR): last cmd=0x106f000a
>> [16880.380016] hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout (ERROR): last cmd=0x106f000a
>> [16881.384022] hda_intel: azx_get_response timeout (ERROR): last cmd=0x106f000a
>
> Interesting, this is again the same verb.
> So, there seems something unstable regarding the digital PCM...
>
> And do you still have the problem with HP plugging?
>

There seems to be some confusion. All I'm doing right now is playing
audio through the analog PCM. After a while, I get that dmesg output
and HP plugging stops working.

Being able to pipe audio out HDMI is a seperate issue.