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28.Dd July 16, 2019
29.Dt SND_HDA 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm snd_hda
33.Nd "Intel High Definition Audio bridge device driver"
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your
36kernel configuration file:
37.Bd -ragged -offset indent
38.Cd "device sound"
39.Cd "device snd_hda"
40.Ed
41.Pp
42Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
43following line in
44.Xr loader.conf 5 :
45.Bd -literal -offset indent
46snd_hda_load="YES"
47.Ed
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The High Definition (HD) Audio specification was developed by Intel as the
50logical successor of the old AC'97 specification and has several advantages,
51such as higher bandwidth which allows more channels and more detailed formats,
52support for several logical audio devices, and general purpose DMA channels.
53.Pp
54The
55.Nm
56driver includes HDA bus controller driver (hdac), HDA codec driver (hdacc)
57and HDA codecs audio functions bridge driver (hdaa) that allows
58the generic audio driver,
59.Xr sound 4 ,
60to be used with this hardware.
61Only audio functions are supported by
62.Nm .
63Modem and other possible functions are not implemented.
64.Pp
65The
66.Nm
67driver supports hardware that conforms with revision 1.0 of the Intel High
68Definition Audio specification and tries to behave much like the Microsoft
69Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) draft (revision 0.7b) for handling audio
70devices.
71.Pp
72According to HDA and UAA specifications, depending on the number of HDA buses
73and codecs present in system, their audio capabilities and BIOS provided
74configuration, the
75.Nm
76driver often provides several PCM audio devices.
77For example, one device for main rear 7.1 output and inputs, one device
78for independent headset connectors at front and one device for SPDIF or
79HDMI audio input/output.
80The assignment of audio inputs and outputs may be tuned with
81.Xr device.hints 5
82or
83.Xr sysctl 8 .
84The driver's verbose boot messages provide a lot of information about
85the operation of the driver and present audio setup.
86.Pp
87The default audio device may be tuned by setting the
88.Ar hw.snd.default_unit
89sysctl, as described in
90.Xr sound 4 ,
91or explicitly specified in application settings.
92.Ss Boot-time Configuration
93The following variables are available at boot-time through the
94.Xr device.hints 5
95file:
96.Bl -tag -width ".Va hint.hdac.%d.config"-offset indent
97.It Va hint.hdac.%d.config
98Configures a range of possible controller options.
99Possible values are:
100.Dq Li 64bit ,
101.Dq Li dmapos ,
102.Dq Li msi .
103An option prefixed with
104.Dq Li no ,
105such as
106.Dq Li nomsi ,
107will do the opposite and takes precedence.
108Options can be separated by whitespace and commas.
109.It Va hint.hdac.%d.msi
110Controls MSI (Message Signaled Interrupts) support.
111.It Va hint.hdac.%d.cad%d.nid%d.config
112Same as
113.Va hint.hdaa.%d.nid%d.config
114.It Va hint.hdaa.%d.config
115Configures a range of possible audio function options.
116Possible values are:
117.Dq Li eapdinv ,
118.Dq Li ivref ,
119.Dq Li ivref50 ,
120.Dq Li ivref80 ,
121.Dq Li ivref100 ,
122.Dq Li fixedrate ,
123.Dq Li forcestereo ,
124.Dq Li ovref ,
125.Dq Li ovref50 ,
126.Dq Li ovref80 ,
127.Dq Li ovref100 ,
128.Dq Li senseinv ,
129.Dq Li softpcmvol ,
130and
131.Dq Li vref .
132An option prefixed with
133.Dq Li no ,
134such as
135.Dq Li nofixedrate ,
136will do the opposite and takes precedence.
137Options can be separated by whitespace and commas.
138.Pp
139The
140.Dq Li eapdinv
141option inverts External Amplifier Power Down signal.
142The
143.Dq Li fixedrate
144denies all sampling rates except 48KHz.
145The
146.Dq Li forcestereo
147denies mono playback/recording.
148The
149.Dq Li senseinv
150option inverts jack sensing logic.
151The
152.Dq Li ivref Ns Ar X
153and
154.Dq Li ovref Ns Ar X
155options control the voltage used to power external microphones.
156.It Va dev.hdaa.%d.init_clear
157Zero out the pin widget config setup by the system.
158Some systems seem to have unuseable audio devices if the pin widgit
159configuration is cleared.
160Set this value to 0 to accept the default configuration values setup by the
161BIOS.
162.It Va hint.hdaa.%d.gpio_config
163Overrides audio function GPIO pins configuration set by BIOS.
164May be specified as a set of space-separated
165.Dq Ar num Ns = Ns Ar value
166pairs, where
167.Ar num
168is GPIO line number, and
169.Ar value
170is one of:
171.Dq Li keep ,
172.Dq Li set ,
173.Dq Li clear ,
174.Dq Li disable
175and
176.Dq Li input .
177.Pp
178.Dq Li GPIO Ns s
179are a codec's General Purpose I/O pins which system integrators sometimes
180use to control external muters, amplifiers and so on.
181If you have no sound, or sound volume is not adequate, you may have to
182experiment a bit with the GPIO setup to find the optimal setup for your
183system.
184.It Va hint.hdaa.%d.nid%d.config
185Overrides audio function pin configuration set by BIOS.
186May be specified as a 32-bit hexadecimal value with a leading
187.Dq 0x ,
188or as a set of space-separated
189.Dq Ar option Ns = Ns Ar value
190pairs.
191.It Va hint.pcm.%d.rec.autosrc
192Controls automatic recording source feature:
193.Bl -tag -width 2n -compact
194.It 0
195disabled,
196.It 1
197once on attach,
198.It 2
199enabled.
200.El
201When enabled, driver will automatically set recording source of the mixer to
202connected input using jack presence detection statuses.
203.El
204.Pp
205Pin configuration is the UAA driver's main source of information about codec
206usage.
207This information is usually provided by the codec manufacturer and tuned
208by system integrators for specific system requirements.
209The
210.Nm
211driver allows users to override it to fix integrator mistakes or to use the
212available codec in alternative ways (for example to get stereo output and 2
213inputs instead of a single 5.1 output).
214.Pp
215The following options are supported:
216.Bl -tag -width ".Va device=" -offset indent
217.It Va as
218Association number.
219Associations are used to group individual pins to form a complex multi-pin
220device.
221For example, to group 4 connectors for 7.1 input/output, or to treat several
222input connectors as sources for the same input device.
223Association numbers can be specified as numeric values from 0 to 15.
224A value of 0 means disabled pin.
225A value of 15 is a set of independent unassociated pins.
226Each association includes only pins of the same direction (in/out) and is
227detected atomically (all pins or none).
228A separate PCM audio device is created for every pair of input and
229output associations.
230.It Va seq
231Sequence number.
232A unique, per-association number used to order pins inside the
233particular association.
234Sequence numbers can be specified as numeric values from 0 to 15.
235.Pp
236The sequence number 15 has a special meaning for output associations.
237Output pins with this number and device type
238.Dq Ar Headphones
239will duplicate (with automatic mute if jack detection is supported) the
240first pin in that association.
241.Pp
242The sequence numbers 14 and 15 has a special meaning for input associations.
243Their presence in association defines it as multiplexed or mixed respectively.
244If none of them are present and there are more than one pin in association,
245the association will provide multichannel input.
246.Pp
247For multichannel input/output associations sequence numbers encode
248channel pairs positions:
2490 - Front, 1 - Center/LFE, 2 - Back, 3 - Front Wide Center, 4 - Side.
250Standard combinations are: (0) - Stereo; (0, 2), (0, 4) - Quadro;
251(0, 1, 2), (0, 1, 4) - 5.1; (0, 1, 2, 4) - 7.1.
252.It Va device
253Device type.
254Can be specified as a number from 0 to 15 or as a name:
255.Dq Li Line-out ,
256.Dq Li Speaker ,
257.Dq Li Headphones,
258.Dq Li CD ,
259.Dq Li SPDIF-out ,
260.Dq Li Digital-out ,
261.Dq Li Modem-line ,
262.Dq Li Modem-handset ,
263.Dq Li Line-in ,
264.Dq Li AUX ,
265.Dq Li Mic ,
266.Dq Li Telephony ,
267.Dq Li SPDIF-in ,
268.Dq Li Digital-in ,
269.Dq Li Res.E ,
270or
271.Dq Li Other .
272The device type also describes the pin direction (in/out).
273For example,
274.Dq Li CD
275always means an input pin, while
276.Dq Li Headphones
277always means an output.
278.It Va conn
279Connection type.
280Can be specified as a number from 0 to 3.
281The connection type can also be specified as one of the special names
282.Dq Li Jack ,
283.Dq Li None ,
284.Dq Li Fixed ,
285or
286.Dq Li Both .
287Pins with a connection type of
288.Dq Li None
289are disabled.
290.It Va ctype
291Connector physical type.
292Can be specified as a number from 0 to 15.
293This is a reference only value.
294It is ignored by the
295.Nm
296driver.
297.It Va color
298Connector color.
299Can be specified as a number from 0 to 15 or as one of the names
300.Dq Li Unknown ,
301.Dq Li Black ,
302.Dq Li Grey ,
303.Dq Li Blue ,
304.Dq Li Green ,
305.Dq Li Red ,
306.Dq Li Orange ,
307.Dq Li Yellow ,
308.Dq Li Purple ,
309.Dq Li Pink ,
310.Dq Li Res.A ,
311.Dq Li Res.B ,
312.Dq Li Res.C ,
313.Dq Li Res.D ,
314.Dq Li White ,
315or
316.Dq Li Other .
317This is a reference only value.
318It is ignored by the
319.Nm
320driver.
321.It Va loc
322Connector physical location.
323Can be specified as a number from 0 to 63.
324This is a reference only value.
325It is ignored by the
326.Nm
327driver.
328.It Va misc
329Misc bits.
330Can be specified as a number from 0 to 15.
331Bit 0 has a special meaning.
332When set it means that jack detection is not implemented in hardware.
333.El
334.Ss Runtime Configuration
335The following
336.Xr sysctl 8
337variables are available in addition to those available to all
338.Xr sound 4
339devices:
340.Bl -tag -width ".Va dev.hdaa.%d.nid%d_original" -offset indent
341.It Va dev.hdac.%d.pindump
342Setting this to a non-zero value dumps the current pin configuration, main
343capabilities and jack sense status of all audio functions on the controller
344to console and syslog.
345.It Va dev.hdac.%d.polling
346Enables polling mode.
347In this mode the driver operates by querying the device state on timer
348ticks using
349.Xr callout 9
350instead of interrupts.
351Polling is disabled by default.
352Do not enable it unless you are facing weird interrupt problems or if the
353device cannot generate interrupts at all.
354.It Va dev.hdaa.%d.config
355Run-time equivalent of the
356.Va hint.hdaa.%d.config
357tunable.
358.It Va dev.hdaa.%d.gpi_state
359Current state of GPI lines.
360.It Va dev.hdaa.%d.gpio_state
361Current state of GPIO lines.
362.It Va dev.hdaa.%d.gpio_config
363Run-time equivalent of the
364.Va hint.hdaa.%d.gpio.config
365tunable.
366.It Va dev.hdaa.%d.gpo_state
367Current state of GPO lines.
368.It Va dev.hdaa.%d.nid%d_config
369Run-time equivalent of the
370.Va hint.hdaa.%d.nid%d.config
371tunable.
372.It Va dev.hdaa.%d.nid%d_original
373Original pin configuration written by BIOS.
374.It Va dev.hdaa.%d.reconfig
375Setting this to a non-zero value makes driver to destroy existing pcm devices
376and process new pins configuration set via
377.Va dev.hdaa.%d.nid%d_config .
378.It Va dev.pcm.%d.play.32bit , dev.pcm.%d.rec.32bit
379HDA controller uses 32bit representation for all samples of more then 16 bits.
380These variables allow to specify how many bits of these 32 should be
381used by CODEC.
382Depending on codec capabilities, possible values are 20, 24 and 32 bit.
383The default value is 24.
384.It Va dev.pcm.%d.rec.autosrc
385Run-time equivalent of the
386.Va hint.pcm.%d.rec.autosrc
387tunable.
388.El
389.Sh EXAMPLES
390Taking HP Compaq DX2300 with Realtek ALC888 HDA codec for example.
391This system has two audio connectors on a front side, three audio connectors
392on a rear side and one internal speaker.
393According to verbose driver output and the codec datasheet,
394this codec has five stereo DACs and two stereo ADCs, all of them are routable to
395any codec pin (external connector).
396All codec pins are reversible (could be configured either as input or output).
397.Pp
398So high codec uniformity and flexibility allow driver to configure it in many
399different ways, depending on requested pins usage described by pins configuration.
400The driver reports such default pin configuration when verbose messages enabled:
401.Bd -literal
402hdaa0: nid   0x    as seq device       conn  jack    loc        color   misc
403hdaa0: 20 01014020 2  0  Line-out      Jack  1/8     Rear       Green   0
404hdaa0: 21 99130110 1  0  Speaker       Fixed ATAPI   Onboard    Unknown 1
405hdaa0: 22 411111f0 15 0  Speaker       None  1/8     Rear       Black   1 DISA
406hdaa0: 23 411111f0 15 0  Speaker       None  1/8     Rear       Black   1 DISA
407hdaa0: 24 01a19830 3  0  Mic           Jack  1/8     Rear       Pink    8
408hdaa0: 25 02a1983f 3  15 Mic           Jack  1/8     Front      Pink    8
409hdaa0: 26 01813031 3  1  Line-in       Jack  1/8     Rear       Blue    0
410hdaa0: 27 0221401f 1  15 Headphones    Jack  1/8     Front      Green   0
411hdaa0: 28 411111f0 15 0  Speaker       None  1/8     Rear       Black   1 DISA
412hdaa0: 30 411111f0 15 0  Speaker       None  1/8     Rear       Black   1 DISA
413hdaa0: 31 411111f0 15 0  Speaker       None  1/8     Rear       Black   1 DISA
414.Ed
415.Pp
416Here we can see, that the nodes with ID (nid) 25 and 27 are front panel
417connectors (Jack, Front), nids 20, 24 and 26 are rear panel connectors
418(Jack, Rear) and nid 21 is a built-in speaker (Fixed, Onboard).
419Pins with nids 22, 23, 28, 30 and 31 will be disabled by driver due to "None"
420connectivity.
421So the pin count and description matches to connectors that we have.
422.Pp
423Using association (as) and sequence (seq) fields values pins are grouped into
4243 associations:
425.Bd -literal
426hdaa0: Association 0 (1) out:
427hdaa0:   Pin nid=21 seq=0
428hdaa0:   Pin nid=27 seq=15
429hdaa0: Association 1 (2) out:
430hdaa0:   Pin nid=20 seq=0
431hdaa0: Association 2 (3) in:
432hdaa0:   Pin nid=24 seq=0
433hdaa0:   Pin nid=26 seq=1
434hdaa0:   Pin nid=25 seq=15
435.Ed
436.Pp
437Each
438.Xr pcm 4
439device uses two associations: one for playback and one for recording.
440Associations processed and assigned to
441.Xr pcm 4
442devices in increasing numerical order.
443In this case association #0 (1) will become
444.Li pcm0
445device playback, using the internal speakers and
446.Ar Headphones
447jack with speaker automute on the headphones jack connection.
448Association #1 (2) will become
449.Li pcm1
450playback, using the
451.Ar Line-out
452jack.
453Association #2 (3) will become
454.Li pcm0
455recording, using the external microphones and the
456.Ar Line-in
457jack.
458.Pp
459The
460.Nm
461driver provides extensive verbose messages to diagnose its operation
462logic and describe its current codec configuration.
463.Pp
464Using
465.Xr device.hints 5
466it is possible to modify the configuration of the existing pins,
467allowing a broad range of different audio setups.
468Here are a few examples of some setups possible for this particular
469hardware:
470.Ss Example 1
471Setting the
472.Xr device.hints 5
473options
474.Bd -literal
475hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid20.config="as=1"
476hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid21.config="as=2"
477.Ed
478.Pp
479will swap line-out and speaker functions.
480So the
481.Li pcm0
482device will play to the line-out and headphones jacks.
483Line-out will be muted on the headphones jack connection.
484Recording on
485.Li pcm0
486will go from two external microphones and line-in jacks.
487.Li pcm1
488playback will go to the internal speaker.
489.Ss Example 2
490Setting the
491.Xr device.hints 5
492options
493.Bd -literal
494hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid20.config="as=1 seq=15 device=Headphones"
495hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid27.config="as=2 seq=0"
496hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid25.config="as=4 seq=0"
497.Ed
498.Pp
499will split the headphones and one of the microphones to a separate device.
500The
501.Li pcm0
502device will play to the internal speaker and to the line-out jack, with
503speaker automute on the line-out jack connection.
504Recording on
505.Li pcm0
506will use input from one external microphone and the line-in jacks.
507The
508.Li pcm1
509device will be completely dedicated to a headset (headphones and mic)
510connected to the front connectors.
511.Ss Example 3
512Setting the
513.Xr device.hints 5
514options
515.Bd -literal
516hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid20.config="as=1 seq=0"
517hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid26.config="as=2 seq=0"
518hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid27.config="as=3 seq=0"
519hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid25.config="as=4 seq=0"
520hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid24.config="as=5 seq=0 device=Line-out"
521hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid21.config="as=6 seq=0"
522.Ed
523.Pp
524will give 4 independent devices:
525.Li pcm0
526.Pq line-out and line-in ,
527.Li pcm1
528.Pq headphones and mic ,
529.Li pcm2
530.Pq additional line-out via retasked rear mic jack ,
531and
532.Li pcm3
533.Pq internal speaker .
534.Ss Example 4
535Setting the
536.Xr device.hints 5
537options
538.Bd -literal
539hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid20.config="as=1 seq=0"
540hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid24.config="as=1 seq=1 device=Line-out"
541hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid26.config="as=1 seq=2 device=Line-out"
542hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid21.config="as=2 seq=0"
543.Ed
544.Pp
545will give 2 devices:
546.Li pcm0
547for 5.1 playback via 3 rear connectors (line-out and retasked
548mic and line-in) and headset (headphones and mic) at front connectors.
549.Li pcm1
550for internal speaker playback.
551On headphones connection rear connectors will be muted.
552.Sh MIXER CONTROLS
553Depending on codec configuration, these controls and signal sources could be
554reported to
555.Xr sound 4 :
556.Bl -tag -width ".Va speaker" -offset indent
557.It Va vol
558overall output level (volume)
559.It Va rec
560overall recording level
561.It Va igain
562input-to-output monitoring loopback level
563.It Va ogain
564external amplifier control
565.It Va pcm
566PCM playback
567.It Va mix
568input mix
569.It Va mic
570first external or second internal microphone input
571.It Va monitor
572first internal or second external microphone input
573.It Va line , Va line1 , Va line2 , Va line3
574analog (line) inputs
575.It Va dig1 , Va dig2 , Va dig3
576digital (S/PDIF, HDMI or DisplayPort) inputs
577.It Va cd
578CD input
579.It Va speaker
580PC speaker input
581.It Va phin , Va phout , Va radio , Va video
582other random inputs
583.El
584.Pp
585Controls have different precision.
586Some could be just an on/off triggers.
587Most of controls use logarithmic scale.
588.Sh HARDWARE
589The
590.Nm
591driver supports controllers having PCI class 4 (multimedia) and
592subclass 3 (HDA), compatible with Intel HDA specification.
593.Pp
594The
595.Nm
596driver supports more than two hundred different controllers and CODECs.
597There is no sense to list all of them here, as in most cases specific CODEC
598configuration and wiring are more important then type of the CODEC itself.
599.Sh SEE ALSO
600.Xr snd_ich 4 ,
601.Xr sound 4 ,
602.Xr device.hints 5 ,
603.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
604.Xr sysctl 8
605.Sh HISTORY
606The
607.Nm
608device driver first appeared in
609.Fx 6.3 .
610.Sh AUTHORS
611.An -nosplit
612The
613.Nm
614driver was written by
615.An Stephane E. Potvin Aq Mt sepotvin@videotron.ca ,
616.An Ariff Abdullah Aq Mt ariff@FreeBSD.org
617and
618.An Alexander Motin Aq Mt mav@FreeBSD.org .
619This manual page was written by
620.An Joel Dahl Aq Mt joel@FreeBSD.org ,
621.An Alexander Motin Aq Mt mav@FreeBSD.org
622and
623.An Giorgos Keramidas Aq Mt keramida@FreeBSD.org .
624.Sh BUGS
625Some Hardware/OEM vendors tend to screw up BIOS settings or use custom
626unusual CODEC wiring that create problems to the driver.
627This may result in missing pcm devices, or a state where the
628.Nm
629driver seems to attach and work, but no sound is played.
630Some cases can be solved by tuning
631.Pa loader.conf
632variables.
633But before trying to fix problem that way, make sure that there really is
634a problem and that the PCM audio device in use really corresponds to the
635expected audio connector.
636.Pp
637Some vendors use non-standardized General Purpose I/O (GPIO) pins of the codec
638to control external amplifiers.
639In some cases setting a combination of GPIO bits may be needed to make
640sound work on a specific device.
641.Pp
642HDMI and DisplayPort audio may also require support from video driver.
643