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28.Dd January 25, 2012
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 hint.hdaa.%d.gpio_config
157Overrides audio function GPIO pins configuration set by BIOS.
158May be specified as a set of space-separated
159.Dq Ar num Ns = Ns Ar value
160pairs, where
161.Ar num
162is GPIO line number, and
163.Ar value
164is one of:
165.Dq Li keep ,
166.Dq Li set ,
167.Dq Li clear ,
168.Dq Li disable
169and
170.Dq Li input .
171.Pp
172.Dq Li GPIO Ns s
173are a codec's General Purpose I/O pins which system integrators sometimes
174use to control external muters, amplifiers and so on.
175If you have no sound, or sound volume is not adequate, you may have to
176experiment a bit with the GPIO setup to find the optimal setup for your
177system.
178.It Va hint.hdaa.%d.nid%d.config
179Overrides audio function pin configuration set by BIOS.
180May be specified as a 32-bit hexadecimal value with a leading
181.Dq 0x ,
182or as a set of space-separated
183.Dq Ar option Ns = Ns Ar value
184pairs.
185.It Va hint.pcm.%d.rec.autosrc
186Controls automatic recording source feature:
187.Bl -tag -width 2n -compact
188.It 0
189disabled,
190.It 1
191once on attach,
192.It 2
193enabled.
194.El
195When enabled, driver will automatically set recording source of the mixer to
196connected input using jack presence detection statuses.
197.El
198.Pp
199Pin configuration is the UAA driver's main source of information about codec
200usage.
201This information is usually provided by the codec manufacturer and tuned
202by system integrators for specific system requirements.
203The
204.Nm
205driver allows users to override it to fix integrator mistakes or to use the
206available codec in alternative ways (for example to get stereo output and 2
207inputs instead of a single 5.1 output).
208.Pp
209The following options are supported:
210.Bl -tag -width ".Va device=" -offset indent
211.It Va as
212Association number.
213Associations are used to group individual pins to form a complex multi-pin
214device.
215For example, to group 4 connectors for 7.1 input/output, or to treat several
216input connectors as sources for the same input device.
217Association numbers can be specified as numeric values from 0 to 15.
218A value of 0 means disabled pin.
219A value of 15 is a set of independent unassociated pins.
220Each association includes only pins of the same direction (in/out) and is
221detected atomically (all pins or none).
222A separate PCM audio device is created for every pair of input and
223output associations.
224.It Va seq
225Sequence number.
226A unique, per-association number used to order pins inside the
227particular association.
228Sequence numbers can be specified as numeric values from 0 to 15.
229.Pp
230The sequence number 15 has a special meaning for output associations.
231Output pins with this number and device type
232.Dq Ar Headphones
233will duplicate (with automatic mute if jack detection is supported) the
234first pin in that association.
235.Pp
236The sequence numbers 14 and 15 has a special meaning for input associations.
237Their presence in association defines it as multiplexed or mixed respectively.
238If none of them are present and there are more than one pin in association,
239the association will provide multichannel input.
240.Pp
241For multichannel input/output associations sequence numbers encode
242channel pairs positions:
2430 - Front, 1 - Center/LFE, 2 - Back, 3 - Front Wide Center, 4 - Side.
244Standard combinations are: (0) - Stereo; (0, 2), (0, 4) - Quadro;
245(0, 1, 2), (0, 1, 4) - 5.1; (0, 1, 2, 4) - 7.1.
246.It Va device
247Device type.
248Can be specified as a number from 0 to 15 or as a name:
249.Dq Li Line-out ,
250.Dq Li Speaker ,
251.Dq Li Headphones,
252.Dq Li CD ,
253.Dq Li SPDIF-out ,
254.Dq Li Digital-out ,
255.Dq Li Modem-line ,
256.Dq Li Modem-handset ,
257.Dq Li Line-in ,
258.Dq Li AUX ,
259.Dq Li Mic ,
260.Dq Li Telephony ,
261.Dq Li SPDIF-in ,
262.Dq Li Digital-in ,
263.Dq Li Res.E ,
264or
265.Dq Li Other .
266The device type also describes the pin direction (in/out).
267For example,
268.Dq Li CD
269always means an input pin, while
270.Dq Li Headphones
271always means an output.
272.It Va conn
273Connection type.
274Can be specified as a number from 0 to 3.
275The connection type can also be specified as one of the special names
276.Dq Li Jack ,
277.Dq Li None ,
278.Dq Li Fixed ,
279or
280.Dq Li Both .
281Pins with a connection type of
282.Dq Li None
283are disabled.
284.It Va ctype
285Connector physical type.
286Can be specified as a number from 0 to 15.
287This is a reference only value.
288It is ignored by the
289.Nm
290driver.
291.It Va color
292Connector color.
293Can be specified as a number from 0 to 15 or as one of the names
294.Dq Li Unknown ,
295.Dq Li Black ,
296.Dq Li Grey ,
297.Dq Li Blue ,
298.Dq Li Green ,
299.Dq Li Red ,
300.Dq Li Orange ,
301.Dq Li Yellow ,
302.Dq Li Purple ,
303.Dq Li Pink ,
304.Dq Li Res.A ,
305.Dq Li Res.B ,
306.Dq Li Res.C ,
307.Dq Li Res.D ,
308.Dq Li White ,
309or
310.Dq Li Other .
311This is a reference only value.
312It is ignored by the
313.Nm
314driver.
315.It Va loc
316Connector physical location.
317Can be specified as a number from 0 to 63.
318This is a reference only value.
319It is ignored by the
320.Nm
321driver.
322.It Va misc
323Misc bits.
324Can be specified as a number from 0 to 15.
325Bit 0 has a special meaning.  When set it means that jack detection is
326not implemented in hardware.
327.El
328.Ss Runtime Configuration
329The following
330.Xr sysctl 8
331variables are available in addition to those available to all
332.Xr sound 4
333devices:
334.Bl -tag -width ".Va dev.hdaa.%d.nid%d_original" -offset indent
335.It Va dev.hdac.%d.pindump
336Setting this to a non-zero value dumps the current pin configuration, main
337capabilities and jack sense status of all audio functions on the controller
338to console and syslog.
339.It Va dev.hdac.%d.polling
340Enables polling mode.
341In this mode the driver operates by querying the device state on timer
342ticks using
343.Xr callout 9
344instead of interrupts.
345Polling is disabled by default.
346Do not enable it unless you are facing weird interrupt problems or if the
347device cannot generate interrupts at all.
348.It Va dev.hdaa.%d.config
349Run-time equivalent of the
350.Va hint.hdaa.%d.config
351tunable.
352.It Va dev.hdaa.%d.gpi_state
353Current state of GPI lines.
354.It Va dev.hdaa.%d.gpio_state
355Current state of GPIO lines.
356.It Va dev.hdaa.%d.gpio_config
357Run-time equivalent of the
358.Va hint.hdaa.%d.gpio.config
359tunable.
360.It Va dev.hdaa.%d.gpo_state
361Current state of GPO lines.
362.It Va dev.hdaa.%d.nid%d_config
363Run-time equivalent of the
364.Va hint.hdaa.%d.nid%d.config
365tunable.
366.It Va dev.hdaa.%d.nid%d_original
367Original pin configuration written by BIOS.
368.It Va dev.hdaa.%d.reconfig
369Setting this to a non-zero value makes driver to destroy existing pcm devices
370and process new pins configuration set via
371.Va dev.hdaa.%d.nid%d_config .
372.It Va dev.pcm.%d.play.32bit , dev.pcm.%d.rec.32bit
373HDA controller uses 32bit representation for all samples of more then 16 bits.
374These variables allow to specify how many bits of these 32 should be
375used by CODEC.
376Depending on codec capabilities, possible values are 20, 24 and 32 bit.
377The default value is 24.
378.It Va dev.pcm.%d.rec.autosrc
379Run-time equivalent of the
380.Va hint.pcm.%d.rec.autosrc
381tunable.
382.El
383.Sh EXAMPLES
384Taking HP Compaq DX2300 with Realtek ALC888 HDA codec for example.
385This system has two audio connectors on a front side, three audio connectors
386on a rear side and one internal speaker.
387According to verbose driver output and the codec datasheet,
388this codec has five stereo DACs and two stereo ADCs, all of them are routable to
389any codec pin (external connector).
390All codec pins are reversible (could be configured either as input or output).
391.Pp
392So high codec uniformity and flexibility allow driver to configure it in many
393different ways, depending on requested pins usage described by pins configuration.
394The driver reports such default pin configuration when verbose messages enabled:
395.Bd -literal
396hdaa0: nid   0x    as seq device       conn  jack    loc        color   misc
397hdaa0: 20 01014020 2  0  Line-out      Jack  1/8     Rear       Green   0
398hdaa0: 21 99130110 1  0  Speaker       Fixed ATAPI   Onboard    Unknown 1
399hdaa0: 22 411111f0 15 0  Speaker       None  1/8     Rear       Black   1 DISA
400hdaa0: 23 411111f0 15 0  Speaker       None  1/8     Rear       Black   1 DISA
401hdaa0: 24 01a19830 3  0  Mic           Jack  1/8     Rear       Pink    8
402hdaa0: 25 02a1983f 3  15 Mic           Jack  1/8     Front      Pink    8
403hdaa0: 26 01813031 3  1  Line-in       Jack  1/8     Rear       Blue    0
404hdaa0: 27 0221401f 1  15 Headphones    Jack  1/8     Front      Green   0
405hdaa0: 28 411111f0 15 0  Speaker       None  1/8     Rear       Black   1 DISA
406hdaa0: 30 411111f0 15 0  Speaker       None  1/8     Rear       Black   1 DISA
407hdaa0: 31 411111f0 15 0  Speaker       None  1/8     Rear       Black   1 DISA
408.Ed
409.Pp
410Here we can see, that the nodes with ID (nid) 25 and 27 are front panel
411connectors (Jack, Front), nids 20, 24 and 26 are rear panel connectors
412(Jack, Rear) and nid 21 is a built-in speaker (Fixed, Onboard).
413Pins with nids 22, 23, 28, 30 and 31 will be disabled by driver due to "None"
414connectivity. So the pin count and description matches to connectors that
415we have.
416.Pp
417Using association (as) and sequence (seq) fields values pins are grouped into
4183 associations:
419.Bd -literal
420hdaa0: Association 0 (1) out:
421hdaa0:   Pin nid=21 seq=0
422hdaa0:   Pin nid=27 seq=15
423hdaa0: Association 1 (2) out:
424hdaa0:   Pin nid=20 seq=0
425hdaa0: Association 2 (3) in:
426hdaa0:   Pin nid=24 seq=0
427hdaa0:   Pin nid=26 seq=1
428hdaa0:   Pin nid=25 seq=15
429.Ed
430.Pp
431Each
432.Xr pcm 4
433device uses two associations: one for playback and one for recording.
434Associations processed and assigned to
435.Xr pcm 4
436devices in increasing numerical order.
437In this case association #0 (1) will become
438.Li pcm0
439device playback, using the internal speakers and
440.Ar Headphones
441jack with speaker automute on the headphones jack connection.
442Association #1 (2) will become
443.Li pcm1
444playback, using the
445.Ar Line-out
446jack.
447Association #2 (3) will become
448.Li pcm0
449recording, using the external microphones and the
450.Ar Line-in
451jack.
452.Pp
453The
454.Nm
455driver provides extensive verbose messages to diagnose its operation
456logic and describe its current codec configuration.
457.Pp
458Using
459.Xr device.hints 5
460it is possible to modify the configuration of the existing pins,
461allowing a broad range of different audio setups.
462Here are a few examples of some setups possible for this particular
463hardware:
464.Ss Example 1
465Setting the
466.Xr device.hints 5
467options
468.Bd -literal
469hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid20.config="as=1"
470hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid21.config="as=2"
471.Ed
472.Pp
473will swap line-out and speaker functions.
474So the
475.Li pcm0
476device will play to the line-out and headphones jacks. Line-out will
477be muted on the headphones jack connection.
478Recording on
479.Li pcm0
480will go from two external microphones and line-in jacks.
481.Li pcm1
482playback will go to the internal speaker.
483.Ss Example 2
484Setting the
485.Xr device.hints 5
486options
487.Bd -literal
488hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid20.config="as=1 seq=15 device=Headphones"
489hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid27.config="as=2 seq=0"
490hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid25.config="as=4 seq=0"
491.Ed
492.Pp
493will split the headphones and one of the microphones to a separate device.
494The
495.Li pcm0
496device will play to the internal speaker and to the line-out jack, with
497speaker automute on the line-out jack connection.
498Recording on
499.Li pcm0
500will use input from one external microphone and the line-in jacks.
501The
502.Li pcm1
503device will be completely dedicated to a headset (headphones and mic)
504connected to the front connectors.
505.Ss Example 3
506Setting the
507.Xr device.hints 5
508options
509.Bd -literal
510hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid20.config="as=1 seq=0"
511hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid26.config="as=2 seq=0"
512hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid27.config="as=3 seq=0"
513hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid25.config="as=4 seq=0"
514hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid24.config="as=5 seq=0 device=Line-out"
515hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid21.config="as=6 seq=0"
516.Ed
517.Pp
518will give 4 independent devices:
519.Li pcm0
520.Pq line-out and line-in ,
521.Li pcm1
522.Pq headphones and mic ,
523.Li pcm2
524.Pq additional line-out via retasked rear mic jack ,
525and
526.Li pcm3
527.Pq internal speaker .
528.Ss Example 4
529Setting the
530.Xr device.hints 5
531options
532.Bd -literal
533hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid20.config="as=1 seq=0"
534hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid24.config="as=1 seq=1 device=Line-out"
535hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid26.config="as=1 seq=2 device=Line-out"
536hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid21.config="as=2 seq=0"
537.Ed
538.Pp
539will give 2 devices:
540.Li pcm0
541for 5.1 playback via 3 rear connectors (line-out and retasked
542mic and line-in) and headset (headphones and mic) at front connectors.
543.Li pcm1
544for internal speaker playback.
545On headphones connection rear connectors will be muted.
546.Sh MIXER CONTROLS
547Depending on codec configuration, these controls and signal sources could be
548reported to
549.Xr sound 4 :
550.Bl -tag -width ".Va speaker" -offset indent
551.It Va vol
552overall output level (volume)
553.It Va rec
554overall recording level
555.It Va igain
556input-to-output monitoring loopback level
557.It Va ogain
558external amplifier control
559.It Va pcm
560PCM playback
561.It Va mix
562input mix
563.It Va mic
564first external or second internal microphone input
565.It Va monitor
566first internal or second external microphone input
567.It Va line , Va line1 , Va line2, Va line3
568analog (line) inputs
569.It Va dig1 , Va dig2 , Va dig3
570digital (S/PDIF, HDMI or DisplayPort) inputs
571.It Va cd
572CD input
573.It Va speaker
574PC speaker input
575.It Va phin , Va phout , Va radio . Va video
576other random inputs
577.El
578.Pp
579Controls have different precision. Some could be just an on/off triggers.
580Most of controls use logarithmic scale.
581.Sh HARDWARE
582The
583.Nm
584driver supports controllers having PCI class 4 (multimedia) and
585subclass 3 (HDA), compatible with Intel HDA specification.
586.Pp
587The
588.Nm
589driver supports more than two hundred different controllers and CODECs.
590There is no sense to list all of them here, as in most cases specific CODEC
591configuration and wiring are more important then type of the CODEC itself.
592.Sh SEE ALSO
593.Xr sound 4 ,
594.Xr snd_ich 4 ,
595.Xr device.hints 5 ,
596.Xr loader.conf 5 ,
597.Xr sysctl 8
598.Sh HISTORY
599The
600.Nm
601device driver first appeared in
602.Fx 6.3 .
603.Sh AUTHORS
604.An -nosplit
605The
606.Nm
607driver was written by
608.An Stephane E. Potvin Aq sepotvin@videotron.ca ,
609.An Ariff Abdullah Aq ariff@FreeBSD.org
610and
611.An Alexander Motin Aq mav@FreeBSD.org .
612This manual page was written by
613.An Joel Dahl Aq joel@FreeBSD.org ,
614.An Alexander Motin Aq mav@FreeBSD.org
615and
616.An Giorgos Keramidas Aq keramida@FreeBSD.org .
617.Sh BUGS
618Some Hardware/OEM vendors tend to screw up BIOS settings or use custom
619unusual CODEC wiring that create problems to the driver.
620This may result in missing pcm devices, or a state where the
621.Nm
622driver seems to attach and work, but no sound is played.
623Some cases can be solved by tuning
624.Pa loader.conf
625variables.
626But before trying to fix problem that way, make sure that there really is
627a problem and that the PCM audio device in use really corresponds to the
628expected audio connector.
629.Pp
630Some vendors use non-standardized General Purpose I/O (GPIO) pins of the codec
631to control external amplifiers.
632In some cases setting a combination of GPIO bits may be needed to make
633sound work on a specific device.
634.Pp
635HDMI and DisplayPort audio may also require support from video driver.
636