[alsa-devel] [Alsa-user] hdmi sound rerouted?

[Deucher, Alexander]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clemens Ladisch [mailto:cladisch at googlemail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 6:33 PM
> To: Dagg Stompler
> Cc: alsa-user at lists.sourceforge.net; Deucher, Alexander; alsa-devel at alsa-
> project.org
> Subject: Re: [Alsa-user] [alsa-devel] hdmi sound rerouted?
> 
> Dagg Stompler wrote:
> >> daggs at gmx.com wrote:
> >>> card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
> >>> card 1: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
> >>> card 2: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
> >>
> >> The second one is called "Generic" because your kernel does not (yet)
> >> know the hardware.
> >>
> >>> 01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cedar
> HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5400/6300 Series]
> >>> 06:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV635
> HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 3600 Series]
> >>
> >> These are the HDMI outputs of *two* graphics cards. The first one's
> >> model is so new that the driver doesn't know it.
> >
> > the 3600 doesn't have hdmi socket so I think it is irrelevant for my issue.
> 
> The RV635 chip does support HDMI outputs (even if none are actually
> connected), so the corresponding PCI device shows up here.
> 
> >>> If you update the kernel, you will get two devices named "HDA ATI
> HDMI".
> >
> > upgrade to where?
> 
> Oops.  Even the latest driver lacks the PCI IDs of many HDMI HDA devices
> (aa50/aa58/aa60/aa68/aa80/aa88/aa90/aa98:
> Cypress/Juniper/Redwood/Cedar/
> Cayman+Antilles/Barts/Turks/Caicos).
> 
> Alex, are these devices that require disabling snooping?

Sorry what does snooping mean in this context?

Alex