APPLIED/Cmt: [SRU][B/E][linux-firmware 0/1] missing sof-cfl.ri symbol link in the Bionic and Eoan

Hui Wang hui.wang at canonical.com
Sat Jun 6 02:02:55 UTC 2020


On 2020/6/6 上午4:43, Seth Forshee wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 03:14:53PM -0500, Seth Forshee wrote:
>> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 07:41:16AM -0500, Seth Forshee wrote:
>>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 09:47:37AM +0800, Hui Wang wrote:
>>>> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1875263
>>>>
>>>> [Impact]
>>>> some ubuntu eoan/bionic users reported that the audio driver failed
>>>> to initialize, then the audio didn't work. I checked the dmesg, found
>>>> the sof driver planed to load sof-cfl.ri, but there is no this
>>>> firmware under eoan or bionic.
>>>>
>>>> [Fix]
>>>> I consulted with Intel audio team, they told me that the coffeelake
>>>> platform could share the firmware with cnl/whl platoforms, so we could
>>>> build a symbol link sof-cfl->sof-cnl.
>>>>
>>>> [Test Case]
>>>> A couple of ubuntu users already tested it on Dell and Asus coffeelake
>>>> laptops, it worked well.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [Regression Risk]
>>>> Low, users already tested it, and Intel audio team confirmed it is safe.
>>> Sorry, I missed this patch before and only noticed it today. Applied for
>>> bionic and eoan.
>>>
>>> Shouldn't focal and groovy also have these symlinks added?
>> Ping, I haven't seen a reply to this question.
> To clarify, they do have the sof-cfl.ri link since it is in
> WHENCE.ubuntu. However there is no link there for sof-cfl.ldc, so really
> I'm just asking about that one.

Oh, sorry, I missed this email, the ldc files are for debugging only, so 
far there is no request to add sof-cfl.ldc in the focal and groovy from 
users, so no need to add this link at the moment.

Thanks,

Hui.




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