Re: [BUG] ALSA: hda/realtek: SSID 1458:a194 is shared by different Gigabyte ALC897 front-panel layouts

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

On Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:03:48 +0200,
Theodoros Orfanidis wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 06 Apr 2026, Marcin Krycki wrote:
> > [BUG] ALSA: hda/realtek: SSID 1458:a194 is shared by different
> > Gigabyte ALC897 front-panel layouts
> 
> Same issue here. After a recent kernel update from 6.19.10 to 6.19.11
> (Arch Linux), I realized my mic port had become another headphone out.
> 
> Pin 0x19 (the physical Front Mic jack) is re-tasked as a second
> headphone output, and the microphone input disappears from the
> available sources in the system.
> 
> Prior to this patch (tested on kernel 6.19.10), auto-config correctly
> identified the separate pins:
>   inputs: Rear Mic=0x18, Front Mic=0x19
>   hp_outs=1 (0x1b)
> 
> With this patch applied:
>   inputs: Mic=0x18
>   hp_outs=2 (0x1b, 0x19)
>   Front Mic (0x19) is missing from inputs.
> 
> Manually re-tasking Pin 0x19 back to'Microphone' via hdajackretask
> restores the expected behavior.
> 
> Hardware: Gigabyte B660I AORUS PRO DDR4 (rev. 1.x)
> PCI SSID: 1458:a194
> Codec: Realtek ALC897

OK, I'm going to revert the commit.  The fix patch looks dubious and
needs to be revisited.


thanks,

Takashi