[alsa-devel] [PATCH v5 00/13] ALSA: hda/ca0132: Patch Series for Recon3Di and Sound Blaster Z Support

[Takashi Iwai]

On Tue, 08 May 2018 19:20:00 +0200,
Connor McAdams wrote:
> 
> This patchset adds support for the Sound Blaster Z and the Recon3Di.
> 
> In order to figure out how to get these cards to work, I made a program called
> QemuHDADump[1], which uses the trace function of qemu to see interactions with
> the memory mapped pci BAR space of the card being used in the virtual machine.
> With this, I obtain the CORB buffer location to get the command verbs, and then
> dump them each time the buffer rolls over. This program may be useful for fixing
> other HDA related driver issues where there is no documentation for the device.
> 
> So far, I have been able to get all features supported on the Sound Blaster Z
> and the Recon3Di. All output and input effects work, all inputs and outputs
> work, and just about anything else I can think of. I have also added new
> controls in order to select the new inputs and outputs, as well as controls to
> change the effect levels and presets.
> 
> I have also added the ability to use firmware taken from the Windows drivers of
> both the Sound Blaster Z and Recon3Di. I am trying to get into contact with
> Creative to get permission to redistribute these along with the current
> file included with the Chromebook, but they have not been very responsive.
> Luckily, the cards work with the Chromebook firmware just fine, although I
> believe there has to be a reason they have different firmware in Windows. I
> will not link to the firmwares here, but if you look up my thread on Creative
> Labs forums, you will find the link to download the firmwares there.
> 
> I am willing to help get the other non-working cards such as the ZxR and the
> newer AE-5 working too, but I will need someone willing to run QemuHDADump in a
> virtual machine in order to get the commands.
> 
> So, in summary:
> -This patchset makes the cards work better than they did before (they really
>  didn't work before)
> 
> -This patchset leaves the original chromebook related stuff alone.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> [1] https://github.com/Conmanx360/QemuHDADump
> 
> Bugs:
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Recon3Di: (Reported by Mariusz Ceier)
> *******************
> -Occasionally switching between rear and front mic breaks the input until
>  computer is shutdown or put to sleep.
> 
> -Surround Sound works, but is inconsistent. Sometimes, just updating the volume
>  fixes it, and sometimes, it requires a restart.
> 
> Sound Blaster Z:
> *******************
> -none that I'm aware of.
> 
> 
> Version changes:
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> v1:
> *******************
> -Massive patch formatting failure, please ignore v1.
> 
> v2:
> *******************
> -Fixed patch formatting failure.
> 
> v3:
> *******************
> -Fixed mem_base unmap, instead of checking for QUIRK_SBZ on exit, have it check
>  if the area is mapped, and if it is, unmap it. Also make it unmap after all
>  other commands are finished.
> 
> -Change notification of failure to map mem_base from codec_dbg to codec_warn,
>  and use codec_info to tell the user that their card might have been incorrectly
>  identified as a Sound Blaster Z.
> 
> -Remove commented out commands in sbz_exit_chip function, only reintroduce them
>  when their functions are defined.
> 
> v4:
> *******************
> -Split patch into smaller pieces.
> 
> -Added const to alt_out_presets array.
> 
> -Fixed command that was commented out and only put it in when
>  it was actually used.
> 
> v5:
> *******************
> -Fixed issue identified by kbuild test robot, where patch 12 didn't compile
>  individually.
> 
> Connor McAdams (13):
>   ALSA: hda/ca0132: R3Di and SBZ quirk entires + alt firmware loading
>   ALSA: hda/ca0132: Add pincfg for SBZ + R3Di, add fp hp auto-detect
>   ALSA: hda/ca0132: Add PCI region2 iomap for SBZ
>   ALSA: hda/ca0132: Add extra exit functions for R3Di and SBZ
>   ALSA: hda/ca0132: add extra init functions for r3di + sbz
>   ALSA: hda/ca0132: update core functions for sbz + r3di
>   ALSA: hda/ca0132: add dsp setup related commands for the sbz
>   ALSA: hda/ca0132: Add dsp setup + gpio functions for r3di
>   ALSA: hda/ca0132: add the ability to set src_id on scp commands
>   ALSA: hda/ca0132: add alt_select_in/out for R3Di + SBZ
>   ALSA: hda/ca0132: Add DSP Volume set and New mixers for SBZ + R3Di
>   ALSA: hda/ca0132: add ca0132_alt_set_vipsource
>   ALSA: hda/ca0132: Add new control changes for SBZ + R3Di

Now I applied all patches to for-next branch.
Thanks for your work, it has been a PITA for long time!


Takashi