Re: [PATCH 1/2] ALSA: hda/realtek: Limit Star Labs internal mic boost

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

On Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:24:00 +0200,
Eric Naim wrote:
> 
> On 8/3/26 2:12 PM, Eric Naim wrote:
> > Hi Sean,
> > 
> > On 8/1/26 4:13 AM, Sean Rhodes wrote:
> >> The 30 dB internal mic boost is too high for laptops, especially with fans. Limit Star Labs internal mic boost to 10 dB.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Sean Rhodes <sean@starlabs.systems>
> >> ---
> >>  sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c | 6 ++++++
> >>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c b/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c
> >> index 379e1458f4ac..42756a3f3f8e 100644
> >> --- a/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c
> >> +++ b/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c
> >> @@ -4188,6 +4188,7 @@ enum {
> >>  	ALC245_FIXUP_CLEVO_NOISY_MIC,
> >>  	ALC269_FIXUP_VAIO_VJFH52_MIC_NO_PRESENCE,
> >>  	ALC233_FIXUP_MEDION_MTL_SPK,
> >> +	ALC269_FIXUP_STARLABS_LIMIT_INT_MIC_BOOST,
> >>  	ALC233_FIXUP_STARLABS_STARFIGHTER,
> >>  	ALC294_FIXUP_BASS_SPEAKER_15,
> >>  	ALC283_FIXUP_DELL_HP_RESUME,
> >> @@ -6725,6 +6726,10 @@ static const struct hda_fixup alc269_fixups[] = {
> >>  			{ }
> >>  		},
> >>  	},
> >> +	[ALC269_FIXUP_STARLABS_LIMIT_INT_MIC_BOOST] = {
> >> +		.type = HDA_FIXUP_FUNC,
> >> +		.v.func = alc269_fixup_limit_int_mic_boost,
> >> +	},
> > 
> > I guess the reason you're creating a new quirk is because the existing
> > ALC269_FIXUP_LIMIT_INT_MIC_BOOST is chained to ALC269_FIXUP_THINKPAD_ACPI.
> > This makes the quirk identical to ALC269_FIXUP_THINKPAD_ACPI. Would it be
> 
>                     s/ALC269_FIXUP_THINKPAD_ACPI/ALC233_FIXUP_INTEL_NUC8_BOOST
> 
> > worth reworking the existing ALC_269_FIXUP_LIMIT_INT_MIC_BOOST to not be
> > chained and then create a new ALC269_FIXUP_THINKPAD_LIMIT (or similar) for
> > whichever devices that need it?

A good point. If you come up with a new change, try to make a patch on
top of the latest sound git tree for-next branch.


thanks,

Takashi