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A long-time problem on the recent AMD chip (X370, X470, B450, etc with PCI ID 1022:1457) with Realtek codecs is the crackled or distorted sound for capture streams, as well as occasional playback hiccups. After lengthy debugging sessions, the workarounds we've found are like the following: - Set up the proper driver caps for this controller, similar as the other AMD controller. - Correct the DMA position reporting with the fixed FIFO size, which is similar like as workaround used for VIA chip set. - Even after the position correction, PulseAudio still shows mysterious stalls of playback streams when a capture is triggered in timer-scheduled mode. Since we have no clear way to eliminate the stall, pass the BATCH PCM flag for PA to suppress the tsched mode as a temporary workaround. This patch implements the workarounds. For the driver caps, it defines a new preset, AXZ_DCAPS_PRESET_AMD_SB. It enables the FIFO- corrected position reporting (corresponding to the new position_fix=6) and enforces the SNDRV_PCM_INFO_BATCH flag. Note that the current implementation is merely a workaround. Hopefully we'll find a better alternative in future, especially about removing the BATCH flag hack again. BugLink: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195303 Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
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