On Mon, 29 Jul 2024 19:14:13 +0200,
Simon Trimmer wrote:
>
> Apologies Takashi - can you ignore this one please? It will need a V2
Sure.
thanks,
Takashi
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Simon Trimmer <simont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2024 5:16 PM
> > To: tiwai@xxxxxxxx
> > Cc: linux-sound@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; patches@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Simon Trimmer
> > <simont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [PATCH] ALSA: hda: cs35l56: Stop creating ALSA controls for
> firmware
> > coefficients
> >
> > A number of laptops have gone to market with old firmware versions that
> > export controls that have since been hidden, but we can't just install a
> > newer firmware because the firmware for each product is customized and
> > qualified by the OEM. The issue is that alsactl save and restore has no
> > idea what controls are good to persist which can lead to
> > misconfiguration.
> >
> > As the ALSA controls for the firmware coefficients are not used in
> > normal operation they can all be hidden, but add a kernel parameter so
> > that they can be re-enabled for debugging.
> >
> > Fixes: 73cfbfa9caea ("ALSA: hda/cs35l56: Add driver for Cirrus Logic
> CS35L56
> > amplifier")
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Trimmer <simont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > sound/pci/hda/cs35l56_hda.c | 7 +++++++
> > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/cs35l56_hda.c b/sound/pci/hda/cs35l56_hda.c
> > index 96d3f13c5abf..1494383b22c9 100644
> > --- a/sound/pci/hda/cs35l56_hda.c
> > +++ b/sound/pci/hda/cs35l56_hda.c
> > @@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
> > #include "hda_cs_dsp_ctl.h"
> > #include "hda_generic.h"
> >
> > +static bool expose_dsp_controls;
> > +module_param(expose_dsp_controls, bool, 0444);
> > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(expose_dsp_controls, "Expose firmware controls as
> > ALSA controls 0=no (default), 1=yes");
> > +
> > /*
> > * The cs35l56_hda_dai_config[] reg sequence configures the device as
> > * ASP1_BCLK_FREQ = 3.072 MHz
> > @@ -758,6 +762,9 @@ static int cs35l56_hda_bind(struct device *dev, struct
> > device *master, void *mas
> >
> > cs35l56_hda_create_controls(cs35l56);
> >
> > + if (expose_dsp_controls)
> > + cs35l56_hda_add_dsp_controls(cs35l56);
> > +
> > #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_DEBUG)
> > cs35l56->debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(cs35l56-
> > >base.dev), sound_debugfs_root);
> > cs_dsp_init_debugfs(&cs35l56->cs_dsp, cs35l56->debugfs_root);
> > --
> > 2.43.0
>
>
