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@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ firmware file for modifying the HD-audio setup before initializing the
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codec. This can work basically like the reconfiguration via sysfs in
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the above, but it does it before the first codec configuration.
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-The patch file looks like below:
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+A patch file is a plain text file which looks like below:
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------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[codec]
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@@ -448,6 +448,20 @@ Similarly, the lines after `[verb]` are parsed as `init_verbs`
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sysfs entries, and the lines after `[hint]` are parsed as `hints`
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sysfs entries, respectively.
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+The hd-audio driver reads the file via request_firmware(). Thus,
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+a patch file has to be located on the appropriate firmware path,
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+typically, /lib/firmware. For example, when you pass the option
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+`patch=hda-init.fw`, the file /lib/firmware/hda-init-fw must be
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+present.
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+
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+The patch module option is specific to each card instance, and you
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+need to give one file name for each instance, separated by commas.
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+For example, if you have two cards, one for an on-board analog and one
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+for an HDMI video board, you may pass patch option like below:
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+ options snd-hda-intel patch=on-board-patch,hdmi-patch
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Power-Saving
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