linux-kernel - Re: ALSA: Conexant CX20585 (thinkpad t510) speaker powersave regression

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Message-ID: <s5hfw02mkvo.wl%tiwai@suse.de>
Date:	Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:54:51 +0100
From:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:	Kevin Fenzi <kevin@...ye.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ALSA: Conexant CX20585 (thinkpad t510) speaker powersave regression

At Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:44:02 -0600,
Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 10:06:41 +0100
> Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de> wrote:
> 
> > At Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:40:24 -0700,
> > Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:26:38 +0100
> > > Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > At Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:23:24 -0700,
> > > > Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Greetings. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I've got an issue with sound on my t510. It started in the late
> > > > > 3.4.x kernels. Sound works on boot and for 5-10min after, then
> > > > > the speakers stop working at all. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I posted a while back on the alsa-users list, and someone else
> > > > > had the same issue: 
> > > > > 
> > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net/msg28769.html
> > > > > 
> > > > > It seems that the speakers(?) are getting moved to state D3 and
> > > > > turning off. You can manually get it to come back for a few
> > > > > minutes by using hda-verb to move it back to D0: 
> > > > > 
> > > > > hda-verb /dev/snd/hwC0D0 0x1f SET_POWER_STATE 0
> > > > > 
> > > > > http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=fd5ca157b2e76942df5ce2f0ae1a2817f3f08afd
> > > > > is my alsa-info. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I'd file a bug on the alsa bug tracker, but it still seems to be
> > > > > down (for many months now?). No response on alsa-users, so now
> > > > > that I have a bit of time, I am posting here in hopes someone
> > > > > can look. ;) 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Happy to provide more info or try things. 
> > > > 
> > > > It's a known problem that some people have already reported, but
> > > > currently no clue who actually turns down the pin to D3.
> > > > Conexant guys wrote me that the codec doesn't do it by itself,
> > > > and the driver neither, AFAIK.  A possible answer is the
> > > > firmware / BIOS, but who knows.
> > > > 
> > > > In anyway, could you try to trace the hd-audio events and see
> > > > whether the power down is *not* issued by the driver when you see
> > > > this state? See Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt, the
> > > > section "Tracepoints" for a brief instruction.
> > > 
> > > ok. I am not sure I am doing the right thing, but: 
> > > 
> > > - echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/hda/enable
> > > - Run hda-verb to get sound working. 
> > > - Play a video to confirm. 
> > > - check /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace
> > > - Wait a while. 
> > > - Play another sound that doesn't come out of speakers. 
> > > - check /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace for anything new. 
> > > 
> > > The only things I see in the trace file are my hda-verb call, and
> > > the sounds playing. Nothing else. 
> > > 
> > > I then tried to duplicate it, but the trace file didn't seem to
> > > update properly. Is there some reset needed? 
> > > 
> > > Or is this not the info you were looking for?
> > > 
> > >         hda-verb-27187 [001] .... 78907.305149: hda_power_count:
> > > [0:0] power_count=1, power_on=1, power_transition=0
> > >         hda-verb-27187 [001] .... 78907.305152: hda_send_cmd: [0:0]
> > >         val=1f70500
> > 
> > Yes these are what I'd like to check.
> 
> Sorry for the long delay here... was the above info of any use? 

These lines alone don't.  Please check what I had wrote in below.

> > The point to check here is exactly which verbs have been sent, and how
> > is the codec power status.  Check what is the last power_on value when
> > the problem appears.  If it's power_on=1, it's fine.
> > And you can concentrate on the verb to NID 0x1f, namely, hda_send_cmd
> > with a value 1fxxxxx.  In the example above, 1f70500 means it's
> > setting the power state of 0x1f to D0.


thanks,

Takashi
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