[alsa-devel] [PATCH] ALSA: hda/conexant - Add quirks for lenovo notebooks

[Takashi Iwai]

At Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:05:53 +0200,
Torsten Hilbrich wrote:
> 
> Am 18.10.2011 12:57, schrieb Takashi Iwai:
> > At Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:20:28 +0200,
> > Torsten Hilbrich wrote:
> >>
> >> The lenovo sandy bridge notebooks (T420, T520, L520) didn't work with
> >> the external sound input and output connectors on the dockig unit
> >> (tested with P/N 45N5887).
> >>
> >> Loading snd-hda-intel with model=thinkpad solved the problem so I
> >> added the accordings quirks to perform that decision automatically
> >> for these specific models.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Torsten Hilbrich <torsten.hilbrich at secunet.com>
> > 
> > Could you check whether model=auto with the latest kernel work?
> > Basically I won't take any more the model-specific quirk but
> > move all to the auto-parser as much as possible.
> 
> I just checked with upstream v3.1-rc10, model=auto didn't solve the
> problem on the Lenovo T520.

OK, so it's a bug of BIOS.  BIOS doesn't provide the pin for
docking-station.

The right fix in this case is to provide the pin config table.
In sound git tree, there is a fix for Lenovo X200.  A similar
entry would work for you.
	git://github.com/tiwai/sound.git
	
Check either topic/hda, for-next or master branch.

> Here are some dmesg output with model=auto:
> 
> snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
> snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 45 for MSI/MSI-X
> snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
> hda-intel: chipset global capabilities = 0x4401
> hda-intel: Clearing TCSEL
> hda-intel: HDA snoop disabled, enabling ... OK
> hda-intel: codec_mask = 0xb
> hda-intel: codec #0 probed OK
> hda-intel: codec #1 probed OK
> hda-intel: codec #3 probed OK
> IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
> hda_codec: model 'auto' is selected
> hda_codec: CX20590: BIOS auto-probing.
> autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0x1f/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:speaker
>    speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
>    hp_outs=1 (0x19/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
>    mono: mono_out=0x0
>    inputs: Mic=0x1b Internal Mic=0x23
> 
> when playing some audio:
> 
> hda-intel: azx_pcm_prepare: bufsize=0x10000, format=0x31
> hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x10, stream=0x5, channel=0, format=0x31
> hda_codec_setup_stream: NID=0x11, stream=0x5, channel=0, format=0x31
> hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x10
> hda_codec_cleanup_stream: NID=0x11
> 
> I will attach the codec#x files from /proc/asound/PCH if you need this
> information.

At best, please give alsa-info.sh output (run with --no-upload option).


thanks,

Takashi