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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-09-11 09:19:35 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-09-11 09:19:35 -0700 |
commit | a9c86d42599519f3d83b5f46bdab25046fe47b84 (patch) | |
tree | 9b269e3162e5cc0c1a8dfc3349303c902718a9a9 /Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt | |
parent | a12e4d304ce701844c639541d90df86e165d03f9 (diff) | |
parent | 1110afbe728838ac7ce973c37af9e11385dbaef9 (diff) |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6: (377 commits)
ASoC: au1x: PSC-AC97 bugfixes
ALSA: dummy - Increase MAX_PCM_SUBSTREAMS to 128
ALSA: dummy - Add debug proc file
ALSA: Add const prefix to proc helper functions
ALSA: Re-export snd_pcm_format_name() function
ALSA: hda - Use auto model for HP laptops with ALC268 codec
ALSA: cs46xx - Fix minimum period size
ASoC: Fix WM835x Out4 capture enumeration
ALSA: Remove unneeded ifdef from sound/core.h
ALSA: Remove struct snd_monitor_file from public sound/core.h
ASoC: Remove unuused hw_read_t
sound: oxygen: work around MCE when changing volume
ALSA: dummy - Fake buffer allocations
ALSA: hda/realtek: Added support for CLEVO M540R subsystem, 6 channel + digital
ASoC: fix pxa2xx-ac97.c breakage
ALSA: dummy - Fix the timer calculation in systimer mode
ALSA: dummy - Add more description
ALSA: dummy - Better jiffies handling
ALSA: dummy - Support high-res timer mode
ALSA: Release v1.0.21
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diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt index 71ac995b191..7b8a5f947d1 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt @@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ The driver checks PCI SSID and looks through the static configuration table until any matching entry is found. If you have a new machine, you may see a message like below: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + hda_codec: ALC880: BIOS auto-probing. +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Meanwhile, in the earlier versions, you would see a message like: +------------------------------------------------------------------------ hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC880, trying auto-probe from BIOS... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Even if you see such a message, DON'T PANIC. Take a deep breath and @@ -403,6 +407,66 @@ re-configure based on that state, run like below: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Early Patching +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +When CONFIG_SND_HDA_PATCH_LOADER=y is set, you can pass a "patch" as a +firmware file for modifying the HD-audio setup before initializing the +codec. This can work basically like the reconfiguration via sysfs in +the above, but it does it before the first codec configuration. + +A patch file is a plain text file which looks like below: + +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + [codec] + 0x12345678 0xabcd1234 2 + + [model] + auto + + [pincfg] + 0x12 0x411111f0 + + [verb] + 0x20 0x500 0x03 + 0x20 0x400 0xff + + [hint] + hp_detect = yes +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +The file needs to have a line `[codec]`. The next line should contain +three numbers indicating the codec vendor-id (0x12345678 in the +example), the codec subsystem-id (0xabcd1234) and the address (2) of +the codec. The rest patch entries are applied to this specified codec +until another codec entry is given. + +The `[model]` line allows to change the model name of the each codec. +In the example above, it will be changed to model=auto. +Note that this overrides the module option. + +After the `[pincfg]` line, the contents are parsed as the initial +default pin-configurations just like `user_pin_configs` sysfs above. +The values can be shown in user_pin_configs sysfs file, too. + +Similarly, the lines after `[verb]` are parsed as `init_verbs` +sysfs entries, and the lines after `[hint]` are parsed as `hints` +sysfs entries, respectively. + +The hd-audio driver reads the file via request_firmware(). Thus, +a patch file has to be located on the appropriate firmware path, +typically, /lib/firmware. For example, when you pass the option +`patch=hda-init.fw`, the file /lib/firmware/hda-init-fw must be +present. + +The patch module option is specific to each card instance, and you +need to give one file name for each instance, separated by commas. +For example, if you have two cards, one for an on-board analog and one +for an HDMI video board, you may pass patch option like below: +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + options snd-hda-intel patch=on-board-patch,hdmi-patch +------------------------------------------------------------------------ + + Power-Saving ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The power-saving is a kind of auto-suspend of the device. When the |