From 91cb17314e74d0e5ab572b4b84b9398c61b71abb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Takashi Iwai Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 18:08:29 +0200 Subject: ALSA: hda - Update document about MSI and interrupts Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt index f4dd3bf..98d14cb 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt @@ -119,10 +119,18 @@ the codec slots 0 and 1 no matter what the hardware reports. Interrupt Handling ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -In rare but some cases, the interrupt isn't properly handled as -default. You would notice this by the DMA transfer error reported by -ALSA PCM core, for example. Using MSI might help in such a case. -Pass `enable_msi=1` option for enabling MSI. +HD-audio driver uses MSI as default (if available) since 2.6.33 +kernel as MSI works better on some machines, and in general, it's +better for performance. However, Nvidia controllers showed bad +regressions with MSI (especially in a combination with AMD chipset), +thus we disabled MSI for them. + +There seem also still other devices that don't work with MSI. If you +see a regression wrt the sound quality (stuttering, etc) or a lock-up +in the recent kernel, try to pass `enable_msi=0` option to disable +MSI. If it works, you can add the known bad device to the blacklist +defined in hda_intel.c. In such a case, please report and give the +patch back to the upstream developer. HD-AUDIO CODEC -- cgit v0.10.2 From 3815595e78d2baae6feb866e737f92d8ef48b337 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Takashi Iwai Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 12:14:03 +0200 Subject: ALSA: hda - Add MSI blacklist for Aopen MZ915-M The device needs MSI disablement. Added to the quirk list. Reported-by: Harald Dunkel Cc: Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c index 4bb9067..f8fd586 100644 --- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c +++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c @@ -2362,6 +2362,7 @@ static struct snd_pci_quirk msi_black_list[] __devinitdata = { SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x81f6, "ASUS", 0), /* nvidia */ SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x822d, "ASUS", 0), /* Athlon64 X2 + nvidia MCP55 */ SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1849, 0x0888, "ASRock", 0), /* Athlon64 X2 + nvidia */ + SND_PCI_QUIRK(0xa0a0, 0x0575, "Aopen MZ915-M", 0), /* ICH6 */ {} }; -- cgit v0.10.2 From d12841827a6de120199609dadb6ff4ec99bd90ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tony Vroon Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 16:30:43 +0100 Subject: ALSA: hda - Enable amplifiers on Acer Inspire 6530G After more tests it appears that EAPD needs to be enabled on both the 0x14 and 0x15 NIDs to enable the main speaker and headphone amplifiers. The maximum volume setting is now equal to what the machine achieves under other operating systems. Disabling Front or LFE playback triggers EAPD and disables the amplifier. As such, these two playback switches have been removed from the mixer. Signed-off-by: Tony Vroon Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c index ca93c4c..5472062 100644 --- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c +++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c @@ -1621,6 +1621,11 @@ static struct hda_verb alc888_acer_aspire_4930g_verbs[] = { */ static struct hda_verb alc888_acer_aspire_6530g_verbs[] = { +/* Route to built-in subwoofer as well as speakers */ + {0x0c, AC_VERB_SET_AMP_GAIN_MUTE, AMP_IN_UNMUTE(0)}, + {0x0c, AC_VERB_SET_AMP_GAIN_MUTE, AMP_IN_UNMUTE(1)}, + {0x0f, AC_VERB_SET_AMP_GAIN_MUTE, AMP_IN_UNMUTE(0)}, + {0x0f, AC_VERB_SET_AMP_GAIN_MUTE, AMP_IN_UNMUTE(1)}, /* Bias voltage on for external mic port */ {0x18, AC_VERB_SET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL, PIN_IN | PIN_VREF80}, /* Front Mic: set to PIN_IN (empty by default) */ @@ -1632,10 +1637,12 @@ static struct hda_verb alc888_acer_aspire_6530g_verbs[] = { /* Enable speaker output */ {0x14, AC_VERB_SET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL, PIN_OUT}, {0x14, AC_VERB_SET_AMP_GAIN_MUTE, AMP_OUT_UNMUTE}, + {0x14, AC_VERB_SET_EAPD_BTLENABLE, 2}, /* Enable headphone output */ {0x15, AC_VERB_SET_PIN_WIDGET_CONTROL, PIN_OUT | PIN_HP}, {0x15, AC_VERB_SET_AMP_GAIN_MUTE, AMP_OUT_UNMUTE}, {0x15, AC_VERB_SET_CONNECT_SEL, 0x00}, + {0x15, AC_VERB_SET_EAPD_BTLENABLE, 2}, { } }; @@ -8462,9 +8469,7 @@ static struct snd_kcontrol_new alc883_acer_aspire_mixer[] = { static struct snd_kcontrol_new alc888_acer_aspire_6530_mixer[] = { HDA_CODEC_VOLUME("Front Playback Volume", 0x0c, 0x0, HDA_OUTPUT), - HDA_BIND_MUTE("Front Playback Switch", 0x0c, 2, HDA_INPUT), HDA_CODEC_VOLUME("LFE Playback Volume", 0x0f, 0x0, HDA_OUTPUT), - HDA_BIND_MUTE("LFE Playback Switch", 0x0f, 2, HDA_INPUT), HDA_CODEC_VOLUME("Line Playback Volume", 0x0b, 0x02, HDA_INPUT), HDA_CODEC_MUTE("Line Playback Switch", 0x0b, 0x02, HDA_INPUT), HDA_CODEC_VOLUME("CD Playback Volume", 0x0b, 0x04, HDA_INPUT), -- cgit v0.10.2 From f9700d5a4575e7fb343df10a1d29d425e4b81082 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Takashi Iwai Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 23:25:13 +0200 Subject: ALSA: hda - Fix a wrong array range check in patch_realtek.c The commit 6a4f2ccb467e00281470cde2dee08fe5ecde62d1 introduced a wrong comparision for the array range check, which effectively skips the whole initialization of DAC connections. Fixed now. Reference: bko#15689 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15689 Reported-by: Adrian Ulrich Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c index 5472062..c7730db 100644 --- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c +++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c @@ -10110,13 +10110,12 @@ static void alc882_auto_set_output_and_unmute(struct hda_codec *codec, int idx; alc_set_pin_output(codec, nid, pin_type); + if (dac_idx >= spec->multiout.num_dacs) + return; if (spec->multiout.dac_nids[dac_idx] == 0x25) idx = 4; - else { - if (spec->multiout.num_dacs >= dac_idx) - return; + else idx = spec->multiout.dac_nids[dac_idx] - 2; - } snd_hda_codec_write(codec, nid, 0, AC_VERB_SET_CONNECT_SEL, idx); } -- cgit v0.10.2