NAK[B]: [SRU][B/OEM-B][PATCH 0/9] alsa/hdmi: support nvidia mst hdmi/dp audio (b/oem-b)

[Kleber Souza]

On 17.03.20 03:19, Hui Wang wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1867704
> 
> This patchset will add support of mst audio for nvidia hdmi/dp, this
> patchset changes lots of common code on hda_jack and hdmi codec, so it
> is not easy to say it is 100% safe for other machines, but our oem
> project needs this patchset to be backported to ubuntu kernel, because
> the tight sechdule of oem project, we backport this patchset to B and
> OEM-B first, if the hdmi audio works well for a period of time after
> this patchset is merged, I will backport this patchset to focal, maybe
> eoan as well.
> 
> [Impact]
> On some LENOVO I+N machines, when setting the graphic mode to discrete,
> The dp/hdmi audio on the Docking Gen2 can't work with this machine +
> LENOVO Docking Gen2 
> 
> [Fix]
> Nvidia developer submit the mst audio support to 5.5-rcN and 5.6-RC1,
> those patches could fix this issue.
> 
> [Test Case]
> set the machien to discrete, plug the dock gen2 to it, then boot, after
> booting, plug hdmi or dp to dock gen2, the hdmi or dp audio works.
> 
> test other machines without Nvidia graphic or without gen2, their hdmi/dp
> audio still work.
> 
> 
> [Regression Risk]
> Low, those patches come from mainline kernel, I have tested those patches
> on the machiens with or without nvidia hdmi, and on the machines with or without
> docks, all worked well as before.
> 
> 
> Kai Vehmanen (3):
>   ALSA: hda: hdmi - fix regression in connect list handling
>   ALSA: hda: hdmi - fix kernel oops caused by invalid PCM idx
>   ALSA: hda: hdmi - preserve non-MST PCM routing for Intel platforms
> 
> Nikhil Mahale (5):
>   ALSA: hda - Rename snd_hda_pin_sense to snd_hda_jack_pin_sense
>   ALSA: hda - Add DP-MST jack support
>   ALSA: hda - Add DP-MST support for non-acomp codecs
>   ALSA: hda - Add DP-MST support for NVIDIA codecs
>   ALSA: hda - Fix DP-MST support for NVIDIA codecs
> 
> Takashi Iwai (1):
>   ALSA: hda: hdmi - Keep old slot assignment behavior for Intel
>     platforms
> 
>  sound/pci/hda/hda_jack.c   | 149 ++++++++++----
>  sound/pci/hda/hda_jack.h   | 102 +++++++++-
>  sound/pci/hda/patch_hdmi.c | 389 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  3 files changed, 457 insertions(+), 183 deletions(-)
> 

I'm sending a NAK for Bionic for clarity, based on the other replies from Hui
saying that this patch shouldn't be applied to Bionic for now.


Thanks,
Kleber