[alsa-devel] [RFC v2 00/11] Enable HDA Codec support on Intel Platforms (Series2)

[Joël Krähemann]

Hi,
I am pretty sure it contains this integrated circuit: MAX98357BEWL
It is a DSP. Why is a need for firmware?

It is a Intel Core i5-6360U

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195671

Bests,
Joël

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 7:40 PM, Ughreja, Rakesh A
<rakesh.a.ughreja at intel.com> wrote:
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: alsa-devel-bounces at alsa-project.org [mailto:alsa-devel-bounces at alsa-
>>project.org] On Behalf Of Joël Krähemann
>>Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 11:52 PM
>>To: Ughreja, Rakesh A <rakesh.a.ughreja at intel.com>
>>Cc: alsa-devel at alsa-project.org; Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de>; pierre-
>>louis.bossart at linux.intel.com; Patches Audio <patches.audio at intel.com>;
>>liam.r.girdwood at linux.intel.com; Koul, Vinod <vinod.koul at intel.com>;
>>broonie at kernel.org
>>Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] [RFC v2 00/11] Enable HDA Codec support on Intel
>>Platforms (Series2)
>>
>>Hi,
>>Where is your code located? Since I have got a macbook pro 2016 and I
>>believe this feature is a prerequisite to get any sound working.
>>I would love to test it with my cirrus logic 8409 HDA soundcard.
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> My last series was rebased on top of Mark's for-next tree. You would need
> Topology file, which I can send via email. But before I do that I want to confirm
> if you have the right things enabled.
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> Do you know if it is based on 6th Generation (SKL) or 7th Generation(KBL) of Intel core ?
> You will need to download the DSP Firmware binary file based on this.
> Also I am not sure if the DSP functionality is enabled on the MAC systems. If you compile
> snd-hda-core.ko in debug mode, it prints the capabilities. I can check that from the logs.
>
> Regards,
> Rakesh
>