[SRU][R][PATCH 0/3] Enable Realtek ALC287 + Cirrus CS35L56 Audio for Lenovo Yoga Pro 7
Bin Li
bin.li at canonical.com
Tue Jun 23 08:35:51 UTC 2026
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2156867
[ Impact ]
Users running Ubuntu on newer Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 laptops experience critical audio subsystem degradation.
The three primary failure points are:
* Critically Low Speaker Volume: Sound output through the built-in speaker array is barely audible, even when userspace volume sliders are set to 100%. While the host Realtek ALC287 codec initializes, its companion Cirrus Logic CS35L56 smart amplifiers default to an uncalibrated, low-power fallback state ("FIRMWARE_MISSING") because the system lacks their manufacturer-supplied hardware-tuning profiles.
* Non-Functional Speaker-Mute Keyboard LED: Pressing the F1 Audio Mute key on the keyboard toggles the stream status within PulseAudio/PipeWire correctly, but the physical amber LED hardware indicator on the keycap fails to illuminate. The software mute state is disconnected from the motherboard's GPIO controller.
* Missing/Dead Microphone Array: The system completely fails to register or capture audio via the internal digital microphone array. The default driver stack attempts to locate the DMIC components on a digital sub-link connected directly to the main processor's AMD ACP block, whereas Lenovo routed the microphone hardware channels through the primary Realtek codec pins.
[ Fix ]
* Kernel Driver Fixes
- fc12cf16df9a ("ASoC: amd: acp: Add DMI quirk for Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 15ASH11")
- d0426510a9e1 ("ASoC: amd: acp: add DMI override for ACP70 flag")
- 17065203e1bc ("ALSA: hda/realtek:ALC269 fixup for Yoga Pro 7 15ASH11 mic mute LED")
- 83dca2530fb3 ("ALSA: hda/realtek: ALC269 fixup for Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 15ASH111 audio")
* Firmware Environment Fixes
- d33a9c6d7661 ("cirrus: cs35l56: Update firmware for Cirrus Amps for a couple of Lenovo laptops")
- 604cb45fbe6d ("cirrus: cs35l56: Add firmware for Cirrus Amps for some Lenovo laptops")
- cc2cb17f5ed9 ("cirrus: cs35l56: Add firmware for Cirrus Amps for some ASUS laptops")
- 1d57ec2fdc3f ("cirrus: cs35l56: Add firmware for Cirrus Amps for some Lenovo laptops")
- 0c9b82b60972 ("cirrus: Add cs35l56 firmware symlinks for Asus UM5606KA")
[ Test Plan ]
Install the patched kernel package and updated linux-firmware payload on an affected Lenovo Yoga Pro 7, then reboot to check:
1. Verify Amp Calibration & Speaker Volume:
Play an audio stream at a standard volume level (30–50%). Confirm it produces crisp, loudly scaled audio.
2. Verify Microphone Capture:
Open Ubuntu Settings -> Sound -> Input. Confirm that the ghost "Digital Microphone" tied to the AMD ACP is gone, and a functioning Internal Stereo Microphone device is present.
Speak or tap on the chassis to confirm that the input visualizer bar responds dynamically to incoming audio data.
3 Verify Mute LED and Mic LED Illumination:
Press the physical F1/F4 Mute hotkey. The amber LED light on the keycap must illuminate immediately when muted, and cleanly shut off as soon as the system is unmuted.
[ Where problems could occur ]
Scope of Regression: Extremely isolated. All changes are heavily guarded behind rigid DMI string check loops inside vendor-specific sub-drivers (AMD ACP matching tables, Realtek HDA quirk lists, and specific sub-hardware ID firmware loading paths). Systems built by other vendors (such as Dell, HP, or ASUS) or other laptop lines will bypass these conditional rules entirely.
Jackie Dong (3):
ALSA: hda/realtek: ALC269 fixup for Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 15ASH111 audio
ALSA: hda/realtek:ALC269 fixup for Yoga Pro 7 15ASH11 mic mute LED
ASoC: amd: acp: Add DMI quirk for Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 15ASH11
sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c | 9 +++++++++
sound/soc/amd/acp-config.c | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
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