Re: Clevo P170HM / Sager NP8170 audio

[Julian Sikorski <belegdol@gmail.com>]

W dniu 16.11.2011 14:08, Raymond Yau pisze:
> 2011/11/8 Julian Sikorski <belegdol@gmail.com>:
>> W dniu 20.08.2011 09:33, Andrew Mahone pisze:
>>> This laptop is detected as ALC892 audio (and by the codec ID this
>>> seems to be valid), but none of the configurations for it quite match
>>> this device. I've been working on documenting the connections with HDA
>>> Analyzer.
>>>
>>> alsa-info output:
>>> http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=b86e4c6447867fbd129a36d8a63e2f5caa836c52
>>>
>>> The laptop has built-in 5.1, and 5.1 or 7.1 output via jacks.
>>>
>>> DAC NIDs:
>>> 0x02 front
>>> 0x03 rear
>>> 0x04 clfe
>>> 0x05 side
>>>
>>> internal mixers:
>>> 0x0c front
>>> 0x0d rear
>>> 0x0e clfe
>>> 0x0f side
>>>
>>> internal speaker pins:
>>> 0x14 front
>>> 0x15 "rear" (front of laptop)
>>> 0x16 clfe
>>>
>>> external ports:
>>> fixed route:
>>> 0x17 side
>>>
>>> can select any output:
>>> 0x18 mic / output
>>> 0x1a line-in / output
>>> 0x1b headphone
>>>
>>> I've been experimenting with patch_realtek.c to add the extra DAC NID,
>>> and have had some success with a 6-channel mode for the built-in
>>> speakers and an 8-channel mode that mutes all internal speakers and
>>> sets the jacks up for output. I still need to manually connect pins
>>> 0x18, 0x1a, 0x1b to the correct internal mixers for 7.1 to work, and
>>> headphone plugin does not mute internal speakers in 5.1 mode. I have
>>> not added a plain stereo mode for internal speakers, although it
>>> appears that i can probably configure the codec to mix the front
>>> channels to center and LFE.
>>>
>>> Are there any suggestions for what to do next? My current state as a
>>> patch against the linux-3.0.y repository is at
>>> http://pastie.org/2400649
>>>
> 
> your patch only support 6ch and 8ch , you have to add
> alc892_clevo_p170hm_ch2_init() ch for stereo playback and ext mic and
> line-in jack
> 
> seem the bios did not setup "side" jack 0x17 ?
> 
> autoconfig: line_outs=3 (0x14/0x16/0x15/0x0/0x0) type:speaker
>    speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
>    hp_outs=1 (0x1b/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
>    mono: mono_out=0x0
>    dig-out=0x1e/0x0
>    inputs: Mic=0x18 Internal Mic=0x19 Line=0x1a
> 
> seem need to add  pin default of side jack 0x17 to force the auto
> parser to put those speaker pins in correct places
> 
> Node 0x17 [Pin Complex] wcaps 0x40058d: Stereo Amp-Out
>   Amp-Out caps: ofs=0x00, nsteps=0x00, stepsize=0x00, mute=1
>   Amp-Out vals:  [0x80 0x80]
>   Pincap 0x00000036: IN OUT Detect Trigger
>   Pin Default 0x411111f0: [N/A] Speaker at Ext Rear
>     Conn = 1/8, Color = Black
>     DefAssociation = 0xf, Sequence = 0x0
>     Misc = NO_PRESENCE
>   Pin-ctls: 0x40: OUT
>   Unsolicited: tag=00, enabled=0
>   Power states:  D0 D1 D2 D3 EPSS
>   Power: setting=D0, actual=D0
>   Connection: 1
>      0x0f
> 
>>> internal speaker pins:
>>> 0x14 front
>>> 0x15 "rear" (front of laptop)
>>> 0x16 clfe
> 
> 
> and sort the speaker pin by default association 02, 03, 04 (0x14, 0x15
> and 0x16) when all pin defaults have same location
> 
> autoconfig: line_outs=1 (0x17/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:line
>    speaker_outs=3 (0x14/0x16/0x15/0x0/0x0)
>    hp_outs=1 (0x1b/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
>    mono: mono_out=0x0
>    dig-out=0x1e/0x0
>    inputs: Mic=0x18 Internal Mic=0x19 Line=0x1a
> 
> 
>> Please check out this thread:
>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.alsa.devel/86475
>> With linux-3.1, everything apart from 8-channel sound seems to work with
>> autoparser, and I was able to get the sound going out from the analog
>> part of the spdif jack by fiddling with hda-analyzer:
>> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.alsa.devel/87235
>> To get this to work automatically, code needs to be written but this is
>> beyond my skillset.
>>
Keep in mind that IIRC P170HM has 4.1 speakers while P150HM has 2.1. I
think the other audio outputs are the same.

Julian