Re: mm snapshot broken-out-2007-03-05-02-22.tar.gz uploaded

[Takashi Iwai]

At Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:05:49 -0500,
Randy Cushman wrote:
> 
> Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > At Thu, 8 Mar 2007 17:52:43 +0100,
> > Michal Piotrowski wrote:
> >   
> >> On 08/03/07, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>     
> >>> At Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:42:26 +0100,
> >>> Michal Piotrowski wrote:
> >>>       
> >>>>> Also, it'd be helpful if you compare
> >>>>> /proc/asound/card0/codec97#0/ac97#0-0+regs file before and after the
> >>>>> patch.  This reveals which register bits differ actually.
> >>>>>           
> >>>> a2.txt is form 2.6.21-rc3 witchout 831466f4ad2b5fe23dff77edbe6a7c244435e973
> >>>>
> >>>> diff -uprN a2.txt /proc/asound/card0/codec97#0/ac97#0-0+regs
> >>>> --- a2.txt      2007-03-08 16:36:47.000000000 +0100
> >>>> +++ /proc/asound/card0/codec97#0/ac97#0-0+regs  2007-03-08 16:36:49.447083597 +0100
> >>>> @@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
> >>>>  0:6e = 0000
> >>>>  0:70 = 0000
> >>>>  0:72 = 0004
> >>>> -0:74 = 1001
> >>>> -0:76 = 64a4
> >>>> +0:74 = 1201
> >>>> +0:76 = 7ca4
> >>>>  0:78 = 000c
> >>>>  0:7a = 0000
> >>>>  0:7c = 4144
> >>>>         
> >>> OK, some wrong bits there.  Could you try the patch below?
> >>>       
> >> Problem fixed. Thanks!
> >>
> >> (speaker-test -c6 -Dplug:surround51 is still broken)
> >>     
> >
> > Hm, how about turning off "Spread Front To..." control and run
> > speaker-test?
> >
> >
> > Takashi
> >
> >
> >   
> Michal and Takashi,
> 
> I've been researching your issue this morning.  I just noticed that your 
> exchange had ensued.
> 
> I configured my AD1986-based system as closely as I could to match your 
> AD1985 mixer settings.  In doing so, I experienced results similar to 
> what I'm assuming you described:  Only front channel sound came out of 
> the surround and c/lfe jacks.
> 
> Here is what I had to change to get the appropriate multichannel sound:
> 
> 1) The command "speaker-test -c6" does not work on my system.  I have to 
> use "speaker-test -Dsurround51 -c6"  (Perhaps this is related to running 
> an old version of speaker-test.)
> 
> 2) I disabled "Spread Front to Surround and Center/LFE"
> 
> The explanation for 2) is this:  There can be only one source for each 
> of the Surround and Center/LFE jacks active at one time.  When "Spread 
> Front to Surround and Center/LFE" is disabled, the surround channels go 
> to the the jacks; when this control is enabled, ONLY the front channels 
> go to the surround and c/lfe jacks.
> 
> Considering the register values Michal provided and Takashi's patch:
> 
> The logic of the code is as follows:  (Slightly simplifying,) functions 
> is_shared_linein() and is_shared_micin() return TRUE if the mixer is 
> configured for shared jacks AND NOT for 6 channel mode.  In this case it 
> is appropriate to
> set these bits (LODIS and CLDIS).

Yep.  So, can you confirm that my fix is OK?
Then I'll queue it up to ALSA tree.


thanks,

Takashi
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