On 2008.11.07 14:23:38 +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We can now enjoy music on HDMI monitors that are attached to Intel G35/G45
> chipsets with the following X.org intel driver patches
> 
>       [PATCH 1/3] introduce i830_hdmi_priv.has_hdmi_sink
>       [PATCH 2/3] enable Intel G45 integrated HDMI audio output
>       [PATCH 3/3] enable Intel G35 SDVO HDMI audio output
> 
> _and_ the corresponding ALSA patch posted at
> http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2008-November/012158.html
> 
> The patches are tested OK on Intel DG45ID board, HP 2230s notebook and
> ASUS P5E-VM board.

Pushed xf86-video-intel patches. Thanks!

If you have HDMI output with intel graphics chips, you can test this now.

- alsa patch is within above mail, or get it from
  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6.git

- after loading snd_hda_intel, 'aplay -l' should give you a list of devices
  that contains Intel HDMI device. Use that device for PCM. Current supports
  G35/G45/GM45.

- build xf86-video-intel git master to enable HDMI audio within video driver.

> 
> Since the HDMI audio requires both audio and video driver support to function
> well, I'd like to provide an overview here.
> 
> 1) driver components:
>       A) ALSA: audio driver (the above link)
>       B) Xorg: audio output enabling (this patchset)
>       C) Xorg: EDID/ELD information (patches to be submitted by Ma Ling)
> 
> 2) summary of the feature sets:
>       - basic 2-channel audio:
>               (A) is required, (B) is mostly required, (C) is not needed
>       - 2+ multichannel audio:
>               not tested yet; in theory we need (C) to get HDMI monitor's
>               speaker allocation configuration; there are also bandwidth
>               constraints that should be coordinated between audio/video
>               drivers in the future.
>       - non-LPCM audio:
>               not tested yet; need more work in ALSA code.
> 
> 3) summary of the work flow:
>       - basic audio output: (A) and (B)
>               - ALSA HDMI driver: enable pin out and unmute
>               - ALSA HDMI driver: fill audio infoframe and enable its 
> transmission
>               - Xorg intel driver: enable audio output
>       - ELD info for advanced audio capabilities: (A) and (C)
>               - Xorg xserver: get/parse/store EDID extensions
>               - Xorg xserver: transform EDID into ELD
>               - Xorg intel driver: feed ELD to hardware
>               - Xorg intel driver: set ELD-Valid flag to inform audio driver 
> of new ELD
>               - ALSA HDMI driver: response to unsolicited response triggered 
> by ELDV
>               - ALSA HDMI driver: get ELD from hardware
>               - ALSA HDMI driver: parse and show ELD info
>               - ALSA HDMI driver: update hardware capabilities/constraints
>                                   according to ELD (TBD)
> 
> That describes my understandings of HDMI audio, comments and discussions are
> warmly welcome.
> 
> Thank you,
> Fengguang
> --

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