Linux 6.19-rc6 Bringing Sound Fixes For ROG Xbox Ally X & Various Laptops
With the Linux 6.19-rc6 kernel release due out later today there will be a number of sound fixes/workarounds to note from the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X gaming handheld to several newer laptops seeing fixes for their audio support.
Merged on Friday was the latest batch of sound fixes for the in-development Linux 6.19 kernel. One item previously covered on Phoronix is avoiding audio problems on the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X. By skipping the calibration process and instead just relying on calibration data from the DSP audio firmware, various audio problems are worked around. The problems had included gaps in audio playback and other audio quality issues when running Linux on this Microsoft Windows focused ROG Xbox Ally X gaming handheld.
Meanwhile to the Realtek HDA audio driver is a quirk for the ASUS Zephyrus G14 2025 with CS35L56 codec to fix the speakers under Linux.
Also in this pull is an Intel sof_sdw Sound Open Firmware patch with new quirks for Panther Lake hardware on Dell laptops with the CS42L43 codec. There is also a tas2781_hda_i2c patch for a new 0x103C sub-device ID for a "newly-released" HP laptop that presumably is also for another Intel Panther Lake model.
Another patch in this sound fixes pull is for fixing the microphone handling with the ASUS M6500RE laptop.
Yet another device specific quirk in this week's sound fixes is for enabling the mute LED to work for the HP Pavilion x360 laptop.
The full list of fixes for these latest sound updates now part of the Linux 6.19 kernel can be found via this Git merge.
Merged on Friday was the latest batch of sound fixes for the in-development Linux 6.19 kernel. One item previously covered on Phoronix is avoiding audio problems on the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X. By skipping the calibration process and instead just relying on calibration data from the DSP audio firmware, various audio problems are worked around. The problems had included gaps in audio playback and other audio quality issues when running Linux on this Microsoft Windows focused ROG Xbox Ally X gaming handheld.
Meanwhile to the Realtek HDA audio driver is a quirk for the ASUS Zephyrus G14 2025 with CS35L56 codec to fix the speakers under Linux.
Also in this pull is an Intel sof_sdw Sound Open Firmware patch with new quirks for Panther Lake hardware on Dell laptops with the CS42L43 codec. There is also a tas2781_hda_i2c patch for a new 0x103C sub-device ID for a "newly-released" HP laptop that presumably is also for another Intel Panther Lake model.
Another patch in this sound fixes pull is for fixing the microphone handling with the ASUS M6500RE laptop.
Yet another device specific quirk in this week's sound fixes is for enabling the mute LED to work for the HP Pavilion x360 laptop.
The full list of fixes for these latest sound updates now part of the Linux 6.19 kernel can be found via this Git merge.