This fixes a regression introduced a few weeks ago in stable kernels 6.12.14 and 6.13.3. The internal microphone on ASUS Vivobook N705UD / X705UD laptops is broken: the microphone appears in userspace (e.g. Gnome settings) but no sound is detected. I bisected it to commit 3b4309546b48 ("ALSA: hda: Fix headset detection failure due to unstable sort").
I figured out the cause: 1. The initial pins enabled for the ALC256 driver are: cfg->inputs == { { pin=0x19, type=AUTO_PIN_MIC, is_headset_mic=1, is_headphone_mic=0, has_boost_on_pin=1 }, { pin=0x1a, type=AUTO_PIN_MIC, is_headset_mic=0, is_headphone_mic=0, has_boost_on_pin=1 } } 2. Since 2017 and commits c1732ede5e8 ("ALSA: hda/realtek - Fix headset and mic on several ASUS laptops with ALC256") and 28e8af8a163 ("ALSA: hda/realtek: Fix mic and headset jack sense on ASUS X705UD"), the quirk ALC256_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC is also applied to ASUS X705UD / N705UD laptops. This added another internal microphone on pin 0x13: cfg->inputs == { { pin=0x13, type=AUTO_PIN_MIC, is_headset_mic=0, is_headphone_mic=0, has_boost_on_pin=1 }, { pin=0x19, type=AUTO_PIN_MIC, is_headset_mic=1, is_headphone_mic=0, has_boost_on_pin=1 }, { pin=0x1a, type=AUTO_PIN_MIC, is_headset_mic=0, is_headphone_mic=0, has_boost_on_pin=1 } } I don't know what this pin 0x13 corresponds to. To the best of my knowledge, these laptops have only one internal microphone. 3. Before 2025 and commit 3b4309546b48 ("ALSA: hda: Fix headset detection failure due to unstable sort"), the sort function would let the microphone of pin 0x1a (the working one) *before* the microphone of pin 0x13 (the phantom one). 4. After this commit 3b4309546b48, the fixed sort function puts the working microphone (pin 0x1a) *after* the phantom one (pin 0x13). As a result, no sound is detected anymore.
It looks like the quirk ALC256_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC is not needed anymore for ASUS Vivobook X705UD / N705UD laptops. Without it, everything works fine: - the internal microphone is detected and records actual sound, - plugging in a jack headset is detected and can record actual sound with it, - unplugging the jack headset makes the system go back to internal microphone and can record actual sound.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Kuan-Wei Chiu visitorckw@gmail.com Cc: Chris Chiu chris.chiu@canonical.com Fixes: 3b4309546b48 ("ALSA: hda: Fix headset detection failure due to unstable sort") Tested-by: Adrien Vergé adrienverge@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Adrien Vergé adrienverge@gmail.com --- sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c index 224616fbec4f..456dfa2b4b4b 100644 --- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c +++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c @@ -10656,7 +10656,6 @@ static const struct hda_quirk alc269_fixup_tbl[] = { SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x19ce, "ASUS B9450FA", ALC294_FIXUP_ASUS_HPE), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x19e1, "ASUS UX581LV", ALC295_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC_NO_PRESENCE), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a13, "Asus G73Jw", ALC269_FIXUP_ASUS_G73JW), - SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a30, "ASUS X705UD", ALC256_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a63, "ASUS UX3405MA", ALC245_FIXUP_CS35L41_SPI_2), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a83, "ASUS UM5302LA", ALC294_FIXUP_CS35L41_I2C_2), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a8f, "ASUS UX582ZS", ALC245_FIXUP_CS35L41_SPI_2),
base-commit: d082ecbc71e9e0bf49883ee4afd435a77a5101b6
On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:55:15 +0100, Adrien Vergé wrote:
This fixes a regression introduced a few weeks ago in stable kernels 6.12.14 and 6.13.3. The internal microphone on ASUS Vivobook N705UD / X705UD laptops is broken: the microphone appears in userspace (e.g. Gnome settings) but no sound is detected. I bisected it to commit 3b4309546b48 ("ALSA: hda: Fix headset detection failure due to unstable sort").
I figured out the cause:
- The initial pins enabled for the ALC256 driver are: cfg->inputs == { { pin=0x19, type=AUTO_PIN_MIC, is_headset_mic=1, is_headphone_mic=0, has_boost_on_pin=1 }, { pin=0x1a, type=AUTO_PIN_MIC, is_headset_mic=0, is_headphone_mic=0, has_boost_on_pin=1 } }
- Since 2017 and commits c1732ede5e8 ("ALSA: hda/realtek - Fix headset and mic on several ASUS laptops with ALC256") and 28e8af8a163 ("ALSA: hda/realtek: Fix mic and headset jack sense on ASUS X705UD"), the quirk ALC256_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC is also applied to ASUS X705UD / N705UD laptops. This added another internal microphone on pin 0x13: cfg->inputs == { { pin=0x13, type=AUTO_PIN_MIC, is_headset_mic=0, is_headphone_mic=0, has_boost_on_pin=1 }, { pin=0x19, type=AUTO_PIN_MIC, is_headset_mic=1, is_headphone_mic=0, has_boost_on_pin=1 }, { pin=0x1a, type=AUTO_PIN_MIC, is_headset_mic=0, is_headphone_mic=0, has_boost_on_pin=1 } } I don't know what this pin 0x13 corresponds to. To the best of my knowledge, these laptops have only one internal microphone.
- Before 2025 and commit 3b4309546b48 ("ALSA: hda: Fix headset detection failure due to unstable sort"), the sort function would let the microphone of pin 0x1a (the working one) *before* the microphone of pin 0x13 (the phantom one).
- After this commit 3b4309546b48, the fixed sort function puts the working microphone (pin 0x1a) *after* the phantom one (pin 0x13). As a result, no sound is detected anymore.
It looks like the quirk ALC256_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC is not needed anymore for ASUS Vivobook X705UD / N705UD laptops. Without it, everything works fine:
- the internal microphone is detected and records actual sound,
- plugging in a jack headset is detected and can record actual sound with it,
- unplugging the jack headset makes the system go back to internal microphone and can record actual sound.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Kuan-Wei Chiu visitorckw@gmail.com Cc: Chris Chiu chris.chiu@canonical.com Fixes: 3b4309546b48 ("ALSA: hda: Fix headset detection failure due to unstable sort") Tested-by: Adrien Vergé adrienverge@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Adrien Vergé adrienverge@gmail.com
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Takashi
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Summary of potential issues: ❌ Build failures detected ⚠️ Found matching upstream commit but patch is missing proper reference to it
Found matching upstream commit: c6557ccf8094ce2e1142c6e49cd47f5d5e2933a8
Status in newer kernel trees: 6.6.y | Not found
Note: The patch differs from the upstream commit: --- 1: c6557ccf8094c ! 1: 09b2f4d39b8aa ALSA: hda/realtek: Fix microphone regression on ASUS N705UD @@ Commit message Fixes: 3b4309546b48 ("ALSA: hda: Fix headset detection failure due to unstable sort") Tested-by: Adrien Vergé adrienverge@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Adrien Vergé adrienverge@gmail.com - Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250226135515.24219-1-adrienverge@gmail.com - Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai tiwai@suse.de
## sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c ## @@ sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c: static const struct hda_quirk alc269_fixup_tbl[] = { ---
Results of testing on various branches:
| Branch | Patch Apply | Build Test | |---------------------------|-------------|------------| | stable/linux-6.13.y | Success | Success | | stable/linux-6.12.y | Success | Success | | stable/linux-6.6.y | Success | Success | | stable/linux-6.1.y | Failed | N/A | | stable/linux-5.15.y | Failed | N/A | | stable/linux-5.10.y | Failed | N/A | | stable/linux-5.4.y | Failed | N/A |
Build Errors: Patch failed to apply on stable/linux-6.1.y. Reject:
diff a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c (rejected hunks) @@ -10656,7 +10656,6 @@ static const struct hda_quirk alc269_fixup_tbl[] = { SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x19ce, "ASUS B9450FA", ALC294_FIXUP_ASUS_HPE), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x19e1, "ASUS UX581LV", ALC295_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC_NO_PRESENCE), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a13, "Asus G73Jw", ALC269_FIXUP_ASUS_G73JW), - SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a30, "ASUS X705UD", ALC256_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a63, "ASUS UX3405MA", ALC245_FIXUP_CS35L41_SPI_2), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a83, "ASUS UM5302LA", ALC294_FIXUP_CS35L41_I2C_2), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a8f, "ASUS UX582ZS", ALC245_FIXUP_CS35L41_SPI_2), Patch failed to apply on stable/linux-5.15.y. Reject:
diff a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c (rejected hunks) @@ -10656,7 +10656,6 @@ static const struct hda_quirk alc269_fixup_tbl[] = { SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x19ce, "ASUS B9450FA", ALC294_FIXUP_ASUS_HPE), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x19e1, "ASUS UX581LV", ALC295_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC_NO_PRESENCE), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a13, "Asus G73Jw", ALC269_FIXUP_ASUS_G73JW), - SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a30, "ASUS X705UD", ALC256_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a63, "ASUS UX3405MA", ALC245_FIXUP_CS35L41_SPI_2), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a83, "ASUS UM5302LA", ALC294_FIXUP_CS35L41_I2C_2), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a8f, "ASUS UX582ZS", ALC245_FIXUP_CS35L41_SPI_2), Patch failed to apply on stable/linux-5.10.y. Reject:
diff a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c (rejected hunks) @@ -10656,7 +10656,6 @@ static const struct hda_quirk alc269_fixup_tbl[] = { SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x19ce, "ASUS B9450FA", ALC294_FIXUP_ASUS_HPE), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x19e1, "ASUS UX581LV", ALC295_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC_NO_PRESENCE), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a13, "Asus G73Jw", ALC269_FIXUP_ASUS_G73JW), - SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a30, "ASUS X705UD", ALC256_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a63, "ASUS UX3405MA", ALC245_FIXUP_CS35L41_SPI_2), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a83, "ASUS UM5302LA", ALC294_FIXUP_CS35L41_I2C_2), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a8f, "ASUS UX582ZS", ALC245_FIXUP_CS35L41_SPI_2), Patch failed to apply on stable/linux-5.4.y. Reject:
diff a/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c (rejected hunks) @@ -10656,7 +10656,6 @@ static const struct hda_quirk alc269_fixup_tbl[] = { SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x19ce, "ASUS B9450FA", ALC294_FIXUP_ASUS_HPE), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x19e1, "ASUS UX581LV", ALC295_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC_NO_PRESENCE), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a13, "Asus G73Jw", ALC269_FIXUP_ASUS_G73JW), - SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a30, "ASUS X705UD", ALC256_FIXUP_ASUS_MIC), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a63, "ASUS UX3405MA", ALC245_FIXUP_CS35L41_SPI_2), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a83, "ASUS UM5302LA", ALC294_FIXUP_CS35L41_I2C_2), SND_PCI_QUIRK(0x1043, 0x1a8f, "ASUS UX582ZS", ALC245_FIXUP_CS35L41_SPI_2),
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