linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ALSA: hda/tas2781: Skip UEFI calibration on ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X

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Message-ID: <871pk0gskh.wl-tiwai@suse.de>
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:08:46 +0100
From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To: Matthew Schwartz <matthew.schwartz@...ux.dev>
Cc: Shenghao Ding <shenghao-ding@...com>,
	Baojun Xu <baojun.xu@...com>,
	tiwai@...e.de,
	linux-sound@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Antheas Kapenekakis <lkml@...heas.dev>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ALSA: hda/tas2781: Skip UEFI calibration on ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X

On Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:36:50 +0100,
Matthew Schwartz wrote:
> 
> There is currently an issue with UEFI calibration data parsing for some
> TAS devices, like the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X (RC73XA), that causes audio
> quality issues such as gaps in playback. Until the issue is root caused
> and fixed, add a quirk to skip using the UEFI calibration data and fall
> back to using the calibration data provided by the DSP firmware, which
> restores full speaker functionality on affected devices.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # 6.18
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/160aef32646c4d5498cbfd624fd683cc@ti.com/
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/0ba100d0-9b6f-4a3b-bffa-61abe1b46cd5@linux.dev/
> Suggested-by: Baojun Xu <baojun.xu@...com>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Schwartz <matthew.schwartz@...ux.dev>
> ---
> v1->v2: drop wrong Fixes tag, amend commit to clarify suspected root cause
> and workaround being used.

Applied now.  Thanks.


Takashi