Re: snd_hda_intel on linux 2.6.30

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

At Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:49:09 +0100,
Tony Hoyle wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've been trying to get sound working on a Poulsbo board using 2.6.30. 
> Previously, with the available patches sound worked OK.

What kind of patches are they?

> 2.6.30 has most of the patches already in, and the the Intel HDA is 
> indeed recognized, but no sound appears.  Boot logs show:
> 
> [   30.948427] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
> [   30.958108] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) 
> -> IRQ 16
> [   30.968030] HDA Intel 0000:00:1b.0: setting latency timer to 64
> [   31.192916] input: HDA Intel MID Line In at Ext Rear Jack as 
> /class/input/input3
> [   31.204980] input: HDA Intel MID Mic at Ext Front Jack as 
> /class/input/input4
> [   31.218872] input: HDA Intel MID Line Out at Ext Rear Jack as 
> /class/input/input5
> [   31.234356] input: HDA Intel MID HP Out at Ext Front Jack as 
> /class/input/input6

These are all OK.  The lines with "input" are for jack input layer.

> followed later by
> 
> [   50.875374] hda-intel: Invalid position buffer, using LPIB read 
> method instead.
> [   50.875416] hda-intel: IRQ timing workaround is activated for card 
> #0. Suggest a bigger bdl_pos_adj.

These are usually harmless.

> I tried backporting (forward porting?) the missing fixups from the older 
> patch, but apart from adding the message:
> 
> [   30.968039] Do fixup for Poulsbo <6>D0 or newer stepping
> 
> I still didn't work (of course the possibility I stuffed up my patching 
> looms large there, and I'd rather work with virgin source if it's possible).
> 
> What's the best way to go about debugging this?  Is there an official 
> (or unofficial) patch for Poulsbo on 2.6.30 knocking around somewhere?

Run alsa-info.sh with --no-upload option on working (old) and non-working
(2.6.30) kernels, and compare the generated files.


Takashi