On 26.11.2010 08:00, John Ettedgui wrote: > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 9:56 PM, John Ettedgui <john.ettedgui@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 6:21 PM, John Ettedgui <john.ettedgui@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>> On 26.11.2010 04:02, John Ettedgui wrote: >>>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 5:08 PM, John Ettedgui <john.ettedgui@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>> On 26.11.2010 02:53, John Ettedgui wrote: >>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 3:34 PM, John Ettedgui <john.ettedgui@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On 26.11.2010 01:11, John Ettedgui wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> On 26.11.2010 00:42, John Ettedgui wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 25.11.2010 14:21, John Ettedgui wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 3:40 AM, Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 25.11.2010 13:09, John Ettedgui wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 2:49 AM, Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 25.11.2010 06:12, John Ettedgui wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm actually trying to get a 5.1 setup working without passthrough, if >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I use mplayer with passthrough my receiver behaves just fine, but I am >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> trying to send the 6 channels from the computer. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I was actually told that the current ALSA driver for radeon's hdmi >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> does not support more than 2 channels, and that would explain why I'm >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> getting this behavior. Is that true though? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> However, strangely your log output seems to show the intel's hdmi parser >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> being used instead: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ALSA sound/pci/hda/patch_intelhdmi.c:842: hdmi_setup_stream: NID=0x2, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stream=0x1, new-format=0x11 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Were you just trying some patch at the time? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> yes Wu gave me a patch to try against the kernel, I'm guessing this is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the reason you see something unexpected. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Did 6 channels work with that patch? (possibly with a wrong channel order) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Not any better as far as I remember. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> OK. Did 2 channel audio continue to work with it? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you are not sure, here's the patch doing the same thing against >>>>>>>>>>>>>> current alsa driver: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://stuff.onse.fi/0001-ALSA-hda-Use-generic-HDMI-code-for-ATI-HDMI-codecs.patch >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Confirming that would help (it would allow to switch the ATI chip to use >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the generic parser instead of the ATI-specific one), though not with the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> multichannel issue (see below). >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> [...] >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Since I just moved to jack/rca cables I'm in no hurry anymore, but is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there any reason why the driver cannot work with more than 2 channels? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't really know (it is simply not implemented). >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Alright. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anything I could do to help with that? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Possibly. But see above, so that we won't try the same things you >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> already tried :) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sure :) >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Looking again at the the alsa info output you provided, I don't think I >>>>>>>>>>>>>> have any great ideas. It looks like the chip simply reports that it >>>>>>>>>>>>>> supports a maximum of 2 channels. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> One option could be hardcoding "chans = 8;" in generic_hdmi_build_pcms() >>>>>>>>>>>>>> in sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c (assuming you have the above patch and 2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> channel audio works with it). However, I find it rather unlikely that it >>>>>>>>>>>>>> would make any difference. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anssi Hannula >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Anssi, >>>>>>>>>>>>> the patch fails on my kernel, I cannot find the hda_codec_preset >>>>>>>>>>>>> manually in there either. >>>>>>>>>>>>> Did you want me to try that against a 2.6.37 rc instead of a 2.6.36? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> For 2.6.36 I think you can just use your earlier patch. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Note that on that kernel generic_hdmi_build_pcms() is >>>>>>>>>>>> intel_hdmi_build_pcms() in patch_intelhdmi.c. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> ok >>>>>>>>>>>> BTW, I've just been informed by another ATI user that his card was >>>>>>>>>>>> actually stereo-only, while he thought earlier it was multichannel >>>>>>>>>>>> capable. So, are you sure your card is a multichannel one? >>>>>>>>>>>> (if not, it would explain why the card says it is not) >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>> Anssi Hannula >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Yes, it works fine in Window so I believe the hardware part is good. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> And you are sure it is multichannel PCM, and not e.g. multichannel DTS >>>>>>>>>> or multichannel AC-3 with on-the-fly compression, which are possible >>>>>>>>>> with stereo hdmi as well? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Just making sure :) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> Anssi Hannula >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Well, I have not super tested it, but the reason I believe it is is >>>>>>>>> simple, when I use passthrough my receiver says Dolby digital or >>>>>>>>> something like that, but in Windows just going around or playing games >>>>>>>>> it says Multichannel. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sounds ok then. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'll get the patch applied in a few minutes, I was running out of >>>>>>>>> memory and my system was getting really slow... :) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I am not sure if I did it right but now I don't even get hdmi sound >>>>>>>> working anymore. >>>>>>>> It is not listed in aplay-l, and dmesg gives me this: >>>>>>>> [drm:radeon_dvi_detect] *ERROR* HDMI Type A-1: probed a monitor but >>>>>>>> no|invalid EDID >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I've attached the patch I used, since I could not used the previous >>>>>>>> one I had to hack it, maybe I broke something? >>>>>>>> (I have not set channels to 8 yet, just changed the parser) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The patch looks ok. The above error message is weird, as it comes from >>>>>>> the display driver which should not be affected by the patch at all. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'll look at the code later (tomorrow maybe). Until then I'd advise you >>>>>>> to retry without the patch and with the patch again, just to make sure >>>>>>> this is not some unrelated issue... >>>>>>> Also, post the whole dmesg when it works (2 channel, without patch), and >>>>>>> when it doesn't (with patch). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Anssi Hannula >>>>>>> >>>>>> Following your message I restarted my computer and that error was >>>>>> gone, yet there is still nothing display in aplay -l / aplay -L about >>>>>> hdmi anymore. >>>>>> I'll go back to my non patched kernel and see what it does. >>>>>> >>>>> With the non-patched kernel I get back my hdmi in aplay -l, so it >>>>> looks like the patch messed up something. >>>> >>>> Indeed. >>>> >>>>> I really think that when I tried it before it did not do that, but it >>>>> was so long ago that I could be wrong... >>>> >>>> Well, the driver has changed since then, it could be more strict now :) >>>> >>>>> Anyway here are the 2 dmesgs (not sure if they'll help though). >>>> >>>> Indeed, there doesn't seem to be any difference. Maybe try with >>>> CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Anssi Hannula >>>> >>> >>> Sure I'll get that. >>> >> >> There you go. > ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:2531: chipset global capabilities = 0x1001 > ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:913: codec_mask = 0x1 > ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_intel.c:1354: codec #0 probed OK > ALSA sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c:683: hda_generic: no proper input path found Hm, for some reason it doesn't try to use the intelhdmi module. Is it getting loaded? Have you run "depmod"? Does "modinfo snd-hda-codec-intelhdmi" show the alias you added? -- Anssi Hannula _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
