[PATCH 3.19 083/177] ALSA: hda - fix "num_steps = 0" error on ALC256

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sat May 02 2015 - 15:32:33 EST


3.19-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: David Henningsson <david.henningsson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 7d1b6e29327428993ba568bdd8c66734070f45e0 upstream.

The ALC256 does not have a mixer nid at 0x0b, and there's no
loopback path (the output pins are directly connected to the DACs).

This commit fixes an "num_steps = 0 for NID=0xb (ctl = Beep Playback Volume)"
error (and as a result, problems with amixer/alsamixer).

If there's pcbeep functionality, it certainly isn't controlled by setting an
amp on 0x0b, so disable beep functionality (at least for now).

BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1446517
Signed-off-by: David Henningsson <david.henningsson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c
@@ -5454,6 +5454,7 @@ static int patch_alc269(struct hda_codec
break;
case 0x10ec0256:
spec->codec_variant = ALC269_TYPE_ALC256;
+ spec->gen.mixer_nid = 0; /* ALC256 does not have any loopback mixer path */
break;
}

@@ -5467,8 +5468,8 @@ static int patch_alc269(struct hda_codec
if (err < 0)
goto error;

- if (!spec->gen.no_analog && spec->gen.beep_nid)
- set_beep_amp(spec, 0x0b, 0x04, HDA_INPUT);
+ if (!spec->gen.no_analog && spec->gen.beep_nid && spec->gen.mixer_nid)
+ set_beep_amp(spec, spec->gen.mixer_nid, 0x04, HDA_INPUT);

codec->patch_ops = alc_patch_ops;
#ifdef CONFIG_PM


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