[alsa-devel] Support new HDA codec

[Takashi Iwai]

At Sun, 25 Aug 2013 09:44:09 +0000 (UTC),
Mikel García wrote:
> 
> Mark Brown <broonie <at> opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> writes:
> 
> > 
> > On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 07:02:55PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > 
> > > OK.  BTW, what is the name of the codec chip?  WM8800?
> > 
> > It'll be WM8850 or WM8860 - the two chips are indistinguishable from
> > software.  WM8800 is another variant but it is not generally available,
> > though I appreciate it is what the ID register reads back.
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 07:02:55PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > 
> > > OK.  BTW, what is the name of the codec chip?  WM8800?
> > 
> > It'll be WM8850 or WM8860 - the two chips are indistinguishable from
> > software.  WM8800 is another variant but it is not generally available,
> > though I appreciate it is what the ID register reads back.
> > 
> 
> Hello, a this moment with a 3.7.10 kernel and debian wheezy I only have
> control of the Master volume with the generic parser (wm8850). Only one
> output can be controlled. No inputs are detected. What do you mean with
> appropriate bios setup? Do you know if there is more compatibility in higher
> kernels?

You should use 3.9 or later kernels.  There have been huge rewrites of
the generic parser from that version.


Takashi