From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anssi Hannula Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] ALSA: hda - hdmi: ATI/AMD multi-channel and HBR support Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:20:23 +0200 Message-ID: <52934E97.9060701@iki.fi> References: <1382638238-25055-1-git-send-email-anssi.hannula@iki.fi> <529004F8.7070801@iki.fi> <20131123154009.6c8c6e97@symphony.aura-online.co.uk> <5290CD7C.7020907@iki.fi> <20131124145737.22056256@symphony.aura-online.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sirokuusama.dnainternet.net (sirokuusama.dnainternet.net [83.102.40.133]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86D17261A0F for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2013 14:20:27 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <20131124145737.22056256@symphony.aura-online.co.uk> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: James Le Cuirot Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org 24.11.2013 16:57, James Le Cuirot kirjoitti: > On Sat, 23 Nov 2013 17:45:00 +0200 > Anssi Hannula wrote: > >> 23.11.2013 17:40, James Le Cuirot kirjoitti: >>> On Sat, 23 Nov 2013 03:29:28 +0200 >>> Anssi Hannula wrote: >>> >>>> 23.11.2013 03:05, James Le Cuirot kirjoitti: >>>>> Anssi Hannula iki.fi> writes: >>>>> >>>>>> Here's another revision of the ATI/AMD multichannel+HBR patchset. >>>>> >>>>> Hi Anssi. Many thanks for your work on this. I am very keen to >>>>> test this new code but have so far been unsuccessful. I have a >>>>> Radeon 4670 (Sapphire branded) connected to a Yamaha RX-V773. I >>>>> am running the sound/for-next kernel (82755ab) with your "missing >>>>> PCM SAD" patch applied. >>>>> >>>>> The new kernel has allowed ALSA to recognise the card as >>>>> multichannel and I can issue the following speaker-test command >>>>> but I still only hear "Front Left" and "Front Right" and the >>>>> Yahama seems to report the signal as stereo. >>>>> >>>>> # speaker-test -Dhdmi:CARD=HDMI,DEV=0 -c6 -t wav >>> >>> >>>> ELD stuff is not necessary for playback, it is mostly for >>>> information (and providing the necessary info for ELD is disabled >>>> on radeon DRI drivers on some kernels on some GPUs ATM due to some >>>> issues). >>>> >>>> Is there anything interesting in "dmesg"? >>> >>> I have attached my dmesg. I enabled ALSA debug and verbose printk >>> but disabled the on-board HDA audio in the BIOS to make it less >>> confusing, and also to see if it made any difference, which it >>> didn't. The only entry I find noteworthy is about the ELD but you >>> say this isn't required. >>> >>> There seems to be little to go on here. Would it be worth enabling >>> CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE? I gather it's very noisy but maybe that >>> level of detail is needed. Hopefully you have a better idea. >> >> Yeah, that would be useful. > > I have now done that. It was not as noisy as I expected and only added a > few more messages. I broke the message size limit last time so I have > posted the log to Gist instead. The timings are noted there. > > https://gist.github.com/chewi/7628058 Unfortunately everything looks OK. Do you have any custom configuration in /etc/asound.conf or ~/.asoundrc? To narrow it down a bit, are you able to test any of the following: - same card on Windows, - same card on fglrx, - same receiver with a different AMD card, - same receiver with an Intel/NVIDIA card? -- Anssi Hannula