[Lucid][Pull request] (upstream) SRU ALSA: hda - Apply ALC269 VAIO fix-up to all Sony laptops with ALC269

[David Henningsson]

On 2010-10-07 11:01, Stefan Bader wrote:
> On 10/07/2010 09:37 AM, David Henningsson wrote:
>> BugLink: https://launchpad.net/bugs/655386
>> BugLink: https://launchpad.net/bugs/546769
>> BugLink: https://launchpad.net/bugs/648871
>> BugLink: https://launchpad.net/bugs/642892
>> BugLink: https://launchpad.net/bugs/637291
>> BugLink: https://launchpad.net/bugs/637291
>> BugLink: https://launchpad.net/bugs/598938
>>
>> SRU Justification (and if that was needed for the Maverick one as well -
>> the same applies there):
>>
>> Impact: Playback and/or recording not working on several new Sony Vaios.
>> Some report very faint sound, others no sound at all. I guess we get at
>> least one bug a week for Lucid on these machines.
>>
>> Fix: Add fixup verbs to send to the codec.
>>
>> Testcase: We ask users to install the latest snapshot, they report back
>> and it has fixed their problem.
>>
>> Regression potential: very low as it only affects Sony Vaios with the
>> ALC269 chip.
>>
>> This Lucid version of the patch also piggybacks a fix for Dell Inspiron
>> M101z, which is already in Maverick.
>>
>
>  From the contents it looks ok to me. My only concern would be not to piggy-bag
> patches.

Okay, here's a revised version that does not include anything for M101z.

> If there are two separate patches upstream, then it is better to apply
> them individually. That is also better when asking upstream stable about
> including the patches (which we should do as well. did you?).

I intend to do so, assuming all goes well here.

-- 
David Henningsson, Canonical Ltd.
http://launchpad.net/~diwic
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