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authorTakashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>2019-12-17 11:14:48 +0300
committerTakashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>2019-12-17 11:16:15 +0300
commitd8cac6207ec1abd3c85cff2625dd3898d59c4df5 (patch)
tree9014795d017b10f29952945d7d2f48a813f51073 /Documentation/sound
parent651bbb9d5161ae7170bc19fec893b8bf05fc590f (diff)
downloadlinux-d8cac6207ec1abd3c85cff2625dd3898d59c4df5.tar.xz
ALSA: cmipci: Allow disabling MPU port via module option
Patrick May reported that his sound card with CMI8378 chip causes a crash / reboot when accessing the MIDI port that isn't actually present on the board. Moreover, despite of the documentation, passing mpu_port=0 doesn't disable the MIDI port on this board. It implies that the chip is a newer revision and the MPU401 port is integrated and mapped on the PCI register. For this chip model, the driver enables the MPU port unconditionally, so far. Although fixing the unexpected reboot would be the best solution, it's not so trivial to identify the cause. So, as a plan B, this patch extends the existing mpu_port option usage to allow disabling the port by specifying the value 0, just like we applied for fm_port option in commit 2f24d159d5ac ("[ALSA] cmipci - Allow to disable integrated FM port"). As default, the MPU port is still enabled, but user can pass mpu_port=0 to disable it. Reported-and-tested-by: Patrick May <dusthillresident@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191217081448.1144-1-tiwai@suse.de Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
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diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst b/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
index 02aacd69ab96..392875a1b94e 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
@@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ Module for C-Media CMI8338/8738/8768/8770 PCI sound cards.
mpu_port
port address of MIDI interface (8338 only):
0x300,0x310,0x320,0x330 = legacy port,
- 0 = disable (default)
+ 1 = integrated PCI port (default on 8738),
+ 0 = disable
fm_port
port address of OPL-3 FM synthesizer (8x38 only):
0x388 = legacy port,