Bug 26387 - alsa-firmware must be updated for recent hardware support
Summary: alsa-firmware must be updated for recent hardware support
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: 7
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal enhancement
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: QA Team
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Whiteboard: MGA7-64-OK
Keywords: advisory, validated_update
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2020-03-29 15:46 CEST by José Jorge
Modified: 2020-04-04 00:54 CEST (History)
6 users (show)

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Source RPM: alsa-firmware
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Description José Jorge 2020-03-29 15:46:54 CEST 
Recent sound devices use the SOF open source firmware.
SOF was included in alsa-firmware packages to enable use of this hardware with MGA7.
Comment 1 José Jorge 2020-03-29 15:53:16 CEST 
Suggested advisory :

Some recent sound devices use the SOF open source firmware.
SOF was included in alsa-firmware mageia packages to enable use of this hardware with MGA7.
Ref: https://www.sofproject.org/

SRPM:
alsa-firmware-1.2.1-1.mga7.srpm

RPM:
alsa-firmware-1.2.1-1.mga7.noarch.rpm

CC: (none) => lists.jjorge
Assignee: lists.jjorge => qa-bugs
Status: NEW => ASSIGNED

Comment 2 José Jorge 2020-03-29 15:54:14 CEST 
I have tested this package in an HP 820 G6 laptop, it enabled sound!
Comment 3 Thomas Backlund 2020-03-29 16:08:18 CEST 
Putting this on hold, the firmwares need to be shipped separately in nonfree

CC: (none) => tmb
Keywords: (none) => feedback

Comment 4 José Jorge 2020-03-30 11:29:01 CEST 
Switched the binaries to nonfree, and maintained the alsa-firmware upgrade as this may also enable hardware unknown by me :

SRPM:
alsa-firmware-1.2.1-2.mga7.srpm
alsa-sof-firmware-1.4.2-1.mga7.srpm

RPM:
alsa-firmware-1.2.1-2.mga7.noarch.rpm
alsa-sof-firmware-1.4.2-1.mga7.noarch.rpm

Keywords: feedback => (none)

Comment 5 Herman Viaene 2020-04-01 10:10:26 CEST 
When trying to get the updates in QARepo I get error: alsa-sof-firmware-1.4.2-1.mga7.noarch.rpm not found in the remote repository.

CC: (none) => herman.viaene

Comment 6 Len Lawrence 2020-04-01 10:25:19 CEST 
@Herman, comment 5:
Yes, I found this a bit confusing.  Both updates-testing and nonfree updates testing have to be enabled.  Then it seems to work OK.

Leaving the stage at this point.

CC: (none) => tarazed25

Comment 7 Herman Viaene 2020-04-01 10:56:26 CEST 
I have nonfree and tainted ticked on in QARepo, but there seems to be some problem with repos here and France.
Comment 8 José Jorge 2020-04-01 11:08:01 CEST 
(In reply to Herman Viaene from comment #7)
> I have nonfree and tainted ticked on in QARepo, but there seems to be some
> problem with repos here and France.

Sorry, I have fixed a conflict and forgot to update this bug. The sof package is now -2.

SRPM:
alsa-firmware-1.2.1-2.mga7.srpm
alsa-sof-firmware-1.4.2-2.mga7.srpm

RPM:
alsa-firmware-1.2.1-2.mga7.noarch.rpm
alsa-sof-firmware-1.4.2-2.mga7.noarch.rpm
Comment 9 Herman Viaene 2020-04-02 11:17:43 CEST 
MGA7-64 Plasma on Lenovo B50 Broadwell-U Audio Controller
No installation issues
Sound OK after installation and again after reboot.
Comment 10 Thomas Andrews 2020-04-03 03:51:17 CEST 
Sending this on its way, on the basis of Comment 2 and Comment 9. Advisory information in Comment 1.

Keywords: (none) => validated_update
Whiteboard: (none) => MGA7-64-OK
CC: (none) => andrewsfarm, sysadmin-bugs

Thomas Backlund 2020-04-04 00:24:26 CEST

Keywords: (none) => advisory

Comment 11 Mageia Robot 2020-04-04 00:54:37 CEST 
An update for this issue has been pushed to the Mageia Updates repository.

https://advisories.mageia.org/MGAA-2020-0090.html

Resolution: (none) => FIXED
Status: ASSIGNED => RESOLVED
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