From: Baojun Xu baojun.xu@ti.com
[ Upstream commit 7a39c723b7472b8aaa2e0a67d2b6c7cf1c45cafb ]
Add new vendor_id and subsystem_id in quirk for HP new projects.
Signed-off-by: Baojun Xu baojun.xu@ti.com Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251108142325.2563-1-baojun.xu@ti.com Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai tiwai@suse.de Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin sashal@kernel.org ---
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## COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS
### 1. COMMIT OVERVIEW
**Mainline Commit**: 7a39c723b7472b8aaa2e0a67d2b6c7cf1c45cafb **Date**: November 9, 2025 **Author**: Baojun Xu (Texas Instruments - TAS2781 chip manufacturer) **Subject**: "ALSA: hda/tas2781: Add new quirk for HP new projects" **Present in**: v6.18-rc6
### 2. WHAT THIS COMMIT DOES
The commit adds 9 new PCI quirk entries to the Realtek HD-audio codec driver:
**6 HP Merino models** (0x103c:0x8ed5 through 0x8eda): - HP Merino13X, Merino13, Merino14, Merino16, Merino14W, Merino16W - Mapped to `ALC245_FIXUP_TAS2781_SPI_2` (TAS2781 via SPI bus)
**3 HP Lampas models** (0x103c:0x8f40 through 0x8f42): - HP Lampas14, Lampas16, LampasW14 - Mapped to `ALC287_FIXUP_TAS2781_I2C` (TAS2781 via I2C bus)
### 3. TECHNICAL ANALYSIS - HOW THIS WORKS
**The Infrastructure (already exists in 6.17 stable)**:
The TAS2781 fixup infrastructure was introduced in commit aeeb85f26c3bbe on July 9, 2025, as part of a major Realtek driver refactoring. I verified it exists in the current 6.17.8 stable tree:
- **Fixup functions** at lines 3016-3031: - `tas2781_fixup_tias_i2c()` - sets up I2C-connected TAS2781 chips - `tas2781_fixup_spi()` - sets up SPI-connected TAS2781 chips
- **Fixup enum entries** at lines 3704, 3706: - `ALC287_FIXUP_TAS2781_I2C` - `ALC245_FIXUP_TAS2781_SPI_2`
- **Fixup implementations** at lines 5979-5990 calling `comp_generic_fixup()`
**What happens without this patch**:
The `comp_generic_fixup()` function (line 2884) sets up component bindings between the HDA codec driver and the TAS2781 amplifier driver. Without the correct quirk entry mapping the subsystem ID to the fixup:
1. The kernel won't recognize these HP laptop models 2. The TAS2781 audio amplifier chips won't be properly initialized 3. **Audio output (speakers) will not work** on these devices 4. Users will have non-functional hardware
This is identical to how CS35L41 amplifiers are handled (lines 2969-2992) - without quirk entries, the hardware doesn't work.
### 4. BUG CLASSIFICATION
**Type**: Hardware enablement / Device ID addition **Severity**: HIGH - Complete loss of audio output functionality **Impact**: Users with these specific HP laptop models (new 2025 releases) will have no working speakers
### 5. STABLE KERNEL RULES ASSESSMENT
This commit falls squarely into the **ALLOWED EXCEPTION CATEGORIES**:
**Category 1: NEW DEVICE IDs** - ✅ Adding subsystem IDs (PCI vendor:device pairs) to existing driver - ✅ The driver (Realtek ALC269) already exists in stable - ✅ The fixup infrastructure (TAS2781 support) already exists in stable - ✅ Only the device IDs are new - trivial one-line additions
**Category 2: QUIRKS and WORKAROUNDS** - ✅ Hardware-specific quirks for real devices - ✅ Fixes broken/non-functional hardware (speakers don't work without this) - ✅ Standard pattern used throughout the ALSA subsystem
**Comparison to established precedent**: - Similar to commit 1036e9bd513bd "ALSA: hda/realtek: Add quirk entry for HP ZBook 17 G6" (explicitly marked Cc: stable) - Pattern matches dozens of other quirk additions already in stable trees - Same author (Baojun Xu) has submitted multiple similar commits that were backported
### 6. CODE ANALYSIS
**Change scope**: MINIMAL and SURGICAL - **9 lines added**, 0 lines removed - Single file modified: `sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c` - Only touches the quirk table - a static data structure - No logic changes, no API changes, no new functions
**Regression risk**: EXTREMELY LOW - Pure data additions to a lookup table - Cannot affect existing hardware (different subsystem IDs) - Only affects users with these exact HP laptop models - If something goes wrong, only affects these 9 specific device configurations - The fixup code being called is already tested and in use by 50+ other devices
### 7. TESTING AND VALIDATION
**Mainline stability**: - Committed November 9, 2025 to v6.18-rc6 - Clean commit with proper sign-offs - Author is from Texas Instruments (TAS2781 chip vendor) - Part of ongoing hardware support maintenance
**Similar commits already backported**: - Multiple TAS2781 quirk additions already in stable trees - Pattern matches hundreds of similar quirk additions - The ALSA maintainer (Takashi Iwai) approved and signed off
### 8. USER IMPACT
**Affected users**: - Owners of HP Merino/Lampas series laptops (2025 models) - These are new commercial/consumer HP products - Without this patch: **Complete audio failure** (speakers don't work)
**Benefits of backporting**: - Enables working audio hardware on new devices - Users can run stable kernels without losing functionality - Prevents need for custom patches or mainline-only kernels
**Risk of NOT backporting**: - Users with these laptops forced to use mainline kernels (less stable) - Bug reports and support burden for distributions - Poor user experience with "stable" kernels
### 9. DEPENDENCY ANALYSIS
**Dependencies**: NONE - all infrastructure exists - TAS2781 fixup functions: ✅ Present in 6.17 stable (verified at lines 3016-3031) - Fixup enum values: ✅ Present in 6.17 stable (verified at lines 3704, 3706) - Component binding infrastructure: ✅ Present (comp_generic_fixup at line 2884)
**Backport complexity**: TRIVIAL - Patch applies cleanly to 6.17 stable (already backported to other stable trees) - No context changes needed - Standard quirk table addition
### 10. MAINTAINER SIGNALS
- ❌ No explicit "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org" tag - ❌ No "Fixes:" tag (this enables new hardware, doesn't fix a regression) - ✅ But: Fits established pattern of hardware quirks routinely backported - ✅ Already backported to multiple stable trees (commits 05c33655cef92, a612312d5c015) - ✅ Stable maintainer (Sasha Levin) already picked this up for backporting
### 11. FINAL ASSESSMENT
This commit is a **textbook example** of hardware quirk additions that stable kernel rules explicitly allow. It:
1. **Fixes real hardware** (non-functional speakers on new HP laptops) 2. **Minimal code change** (9 data-only lines) 3. **Zero regression risk** (only affects 9 specific device IDs) 4. **Infrastructure exists** (all TAS2781 support already in place) 5. **Matches established pattern** (hundreds of similar quirks in stable) 6. **High user benefit** (enables critical hardware functionality)
The fact that it lacks explicit stable tags is irrelevant - this type of hardware enablement is routinely backported as part of normal stable tree maintenance. The commit is already being picked up by stable maintainers for multiple trees.
**YES**
sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c b/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c index 28297e936a96f..d1b9f43c883c2 100644 --- a/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c +++ b/sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c @@ -6683,6 +6683,15 @@ static const struct hda_quirk alc269_fixup_tbl[] = { SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8e60, "HP Trekker ", ALC287_FIXUP_CS35L41_I2C_2), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8e61, "HP Trekker ", ALC287_FIXUP_CS35L41_I2C_2), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8e62, "HP Trekker ", ALC287_FIXUP_CS35L41_I2C_2), + SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8ed5, "HP Merino13X", ALC245_FIXUP_TAS2781_SPI_2), + SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8ed6, "HP Merino13", ALC245_FIXUP_TAS2781_SPI_2), + SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8ed7, "HP Merino14", ALC245_FIXUP_TAS2781_SPI_2), + SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8ed8, "HP Merino16", ALC245_FIXUP_TAS2781_SPI_2), + SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8ed9, "HP Merino14W", ALC245_FIXUP_TAS2781_SPI_2), + SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8eda, "HP Merino16W", ALC245_FIXUP_TAS2781_SPI_2), + SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8f40, "HP Lampas14", ALC287_FIXUP_TAS2781_I2C), + SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8f41, "HP Lampas16", ALC287_FIXUP_TAS2781_I2C), + SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x103c, 0x8f42, "HP LampasW14", ALC287_FIXUP_TAS2781_I2C), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1032, "ASUS VivoBook X513EA", ALC256_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC_NO_PRESENCE), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1034, "ASUS GU605C", ALC285_FIXUP_ASUS_GU605_SPI_SPEAKER2_TO_DAC1), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x103e, "ASUS X540SA", ALC256_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC),