[PATCH v2 0/3] Fix CS35L56 amplifier on Intel LPSS SPI with broken ACPI cs-gpios

From: Khalil

Date: Sun Apr 12 2026 - 12:32:26 EST


Hi,

This is v2 of the patch series fixing dual CS35L56 amplifiers on HP
laptops with Intel Lunar Lake and broken ACPI cs-gpios.

Changes since RFC v1 (addressing feedback from Richard Fitzgerald):

- Added DMI quirk table: GPIO CS fixup is now only applied on known
affected platforms (HP EliteBook 8 G1i, board 8D8A), not generically
for all devices with CS > 0.

- Fixed chip select range check: only chip selects outside the
controller's num_chipselect range are fixed up. A NULL cs_gpiods[cs]
within range means "native chip select", not broken. This avoids
incorrectly replacing native CS0 with the GPIO descriptor.

- Removed ASUS reference (GU605C was fixed by BIOS update).

- Added Patch 1/3 (spi core): __spi_add_device() now preserves preset
cs_gpiod on the device instead of unconditionally overwriting from
ctlr->cs_gpiods. This was suggested by Richard as the preferred
approach to avoid modifying controller state post-probe.

- Patch 2/3 (serial-multi-instantiate): Extracted GPIO fixup into a
dedicated helper function. Currently still installs the GPIO on the
controller's cs_gpiods array because __spi_add_device() overwrites
device-level cs_gpiod. With Patch 1/3 applied, a future cleanup
could set the GPIO directly on the device instead.

- Patch 3/3 (spi-pxa2xx): Unchanged from v1. Handles clock gating
on Intel LPSS controllers when GPIO chip select is active.

Note: While Richard also suggested the cs35l41_hda self-fixup approach
(setting cs_gpiod on the device post-probe via spi_setup), this doesn't
work here because the device can't even be added to the bus - SPI core
rejects it with -EINVAL when cs >= num_chipselect. The serial-multi-
instantiate approach is necessary to extend num_chipselect first.

Regarding modifying the probed controller: I acknowledge this is not
ideal. Patch 1/3 is a step toward the cleaner approach (preset on
device). However, num_chipselect still needs to be extended, and
cs_gpiods needs to be expanded to prevent out-of-bounds access in
__spi_add_device(). I'm open to suggestions for a cleaner way to
handle this.

Tested on HP EliteBook 8 G1i 16 inch (Intel Core Ultra 7 258V,
Lunar Lake-M) with 2x CS35L56 Rev B0. Both amplifiers probe
successfully, load calibration and tuning, and produce audio.

Related bug reports:
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/2131138
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221064
- https://github.com/thesofproject/linux/issues/5621

Khalil (3):
spi: Preserve preset cs_gpiod in __spi_add_device()
platform/x86: serial-multi-instantiate: Fix SPI chip select on
platforms with incomplete ACPI cs-gpios
spi: pxa2xx: Handle clock gating for GPIO chip select devices

.../platform/x86/serial-multi-instantiate.c | 168 ++++++++++++++++++
drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c | 45 ++++-
drivers/spi/spi.c | 3 +-
3 files changed, 211 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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