Intel HDA and Realtek ALC 260

Intel HDA and Realtek ALC 260

[Rimas Kudelis]

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Hello,

I'm one of the people affected by
https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1618. And I
thought that maybe there's something I could to to help fix this bug
(that would mean adding another model description to the
patch_realtek.c). But when I look at that file, i don't quite understand
all those structures in it. So I have a question for the maintainer of
that module (I guess that's jwoithe) - would it be possible to add a
"test" model, like in case of ALC880, which would have controls for all
of the chipset pins available? I guess that would simplify things a lot...

On the other hand, if the latter is not really possible for some reason,
maybe you could send me the file patched the way you mentioned in the
last comment to that bug  (or just a patch to that file), so that I
could just recompile the modules and play with the controls until I get
the results, andreport them here or to the bugreport later?

regards,
Rimas "RQ" Kudelis


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Re: Intel HDA and Realtek ALC 260

[Jonathan Woithe]

Hi Rimas

> I'm one of the people affected by
> https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1618. ... So I have
> a question for the maintainer of that module (I guess that's jwoithe)

Not to my knowledge - I've just provided the Fujitsu model and some other
more general patches to patch-realtek.c because I have a laptop with the
ALC260 in it and want it to work. :) Takashi would be the official
maintainer of this file AFAIK.

> would it be possible to add a "test" model, like in case of ALC880, which
> would have controls for all of the chipset pins available? I guess that
> would simplify things a lot...

I think that's possibly worth considering.  I'll have a look into this
tonight and see how much extra code it would add.  Since most of the
infrastructure is already present I suspect it won't be too bad.  Such a
feature would allow people to test new computers without having to patch
anything and as such would probably be quite useful, as you suggest.

Regards
  jonathan
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Re: Intel HDA and Realtek ALC 260

[Rimas Kudelis]

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Hello Jonathan,

>>I'm one of the people affected by
>>https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/view.php?id=1618. ... So I have
>>a question for the maintainer of that module (I guess that's jwoithe)
>>    
>>
>Not to my knowledge - I've just provided the Fujitsu model and some other
>more general patches to patch-realtek.c because I have a laptop with the
>ALC260 in it and want it to work. :) Takashi would be the official
>maintainer of this file AFAIK.
>  
>
Ah, I see.

>>would it be possible to add a "test" model, like in case of ALC880, which
>>would have controls for all of the chipset pins available? I guess that
>>would simplify things a lot...
>>    
>>
>I think that's possibly worth considering.  I'll have a look into this
>tonight and see how much extra code it would add.  Since most of the
>infrastructure is already present I suspect it won't be too bad.  Such a
>feature would allow people to test new computers without having to patch
>anything and as such would probably be quite useful, as you suggest.
>

Thank you. Also, it would be useful for this model to add mixer controls
for retasking pins, as you did with Fujitsu model. That would hopefully
allow to quickly test what pins are connected to what jacks/hardware
(i.e., one could connect external speakers/headphones to all sound jacks
first). And the naming of controls - I suppose these should either be
named the way Paulo has named them (0x08 Volume, for example), or
similar to what they are marked in Realtek datasheet. That would make
things even easier for you developers to add new models based on user input.

BTW the notebook i'm having this problem with is an Acer Travelmate 4060
series, like Paulo's (but 4061 in my case), so I could help you
test/debug the Acer model specifics. Don't hesitate to contact me
regarding this.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Rimas


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Re: Intel HDA and Realtek ALC 260

[Jonathan Woithe]

Hi Rimas

> >>would it be possible to add a "test" model, like in case of ALC880, which
> >>would have controls for all of the chipset pins available? I guess that
> >>would simplify things a lot...
> >>    
> >>
> >I think that's possibly worth considering.  I'll have a look into this
> >tonight ...

I implemented this idea last night; refer to a posting of mine from about
half an hour ago for the patch.  As noted in that post, this new patch
assumes my second-pcm patch from a day ago has been previously applied.

> And the naming of controls - I suppose these should either be named the
> way Paulo has named them (0x08 Volume, for example), or similar to what
> they are marked in Realtek datasheet.

I went with names based on the datasheet - that way everyone can work out
what's being refered to since we've all got the same documentation.  You'll
need the datasheet to make sense of the chip's routing.

> BTW the notebook i'm having this problem with is an Acer Travelmate 4060
> series, like Paulo's (but 4061 in my case), so I could help you
> test/debug the Acer model specifics. Don't hesitate to contact me
> regarding this.

Another point of reference would be useful.  Feel free to grab the patches
noted above and have a go.

Regards
  jonathan


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