Important
THIS IS NOW OBSOLETE WITH KERNEL VERSIONS ≥ 6.7.0
A recent announcement in the kernel mail list by Cirrus developers will solve the problem described here. Therefore, the proposed solutions will be soon obsolete. See this comment (thanks, @flukejones, for the tip).
I got the speakers working on my Asus Zenbook 14 OLED UX3402, the one with Intel CPU and the two CS35L41
audio amplifiers connected over SPI (not the UM3402YA, with AMD and I²C). The amplifiers are supported by the snd_hda_scodec_cs35l41
module in recent kernel versions, but they require some model-specific configuration paramaters, that should be provided by the BIOS, via ACPI. Of course, they are missing. It seems that the Windows drivers have those parameters somehow hardcoded, instead of using ACPI (bad idea, but who am I to criticise). Since Asus has been nasty and refused/was not able to update the BIOS with the missing data, I have patched the ACPI tables myself.
Warning
As stated by Cirrus developers, if you try this there is a non-zero (low, I hope) possibility of blowing your speakers. Take into account that this procedure is not just configuring your box, it is hardware-level hacking with very scarce information about the hardware (thank you, ASUS, and thank you, Cirrus, for not publishing the CS35L41 datasheet and making it only available by request). Additionally, You should know how to work with DSDT or SSDT files (I have a brief guide here) and how to recover from a non booting system. You are on your own. You have been warned.
Note
I have used the patch for some months, and everything seems OK. As you can see, the most recent versions do not require electrical parameters to be specified, just providing the functions of several GPIO pins, that are already present in the original BIOS, and the behavior associated to them. I am almost sure that the patch is totally safe.
My BIOS is the most recent one (version 310). I have added two _DSD objects in the SSDT file
(ssdt_csc3551.dsl
, or its already assembled version, ssdt_csc3551.aml
):
-
One inside the SPK1 device, providing the missing
"cirrus,dev-index"
and other properties, just like the I2C models. You can also provide these properties by patching the kernel module (thelinux/sound/pci/hda/cs35l41_hda.c
file). -
Another one, after the SPK1 device, with the chip select GPIOs,
"cs-gpios"
, required by the SPI bus (the somehow simpler I²C bus does not use chip select pins, but addresses). Without this _DSD object, only one amplifier can be addressed and activated. In this case, the driver refuses to load even for this single working amplifier.
Instead of applying a SSDT file, you may patch the full DSDT dissassembled DSDT file (dsdt.dsl
).
This was my original solution (thanks to @thor2002ro for pointing to the simpler, nicer SSDT
solution, see the comment,
especially if you use grub). The patch is available for reference, just apply the SSDT file.
I keep the old, original patch, that produced AMP short error
messages when the volume was high
enough, for reference. Please try first the simpler patch with external boost, that seems to work
without flaws (thanks to @bdandy, see the comment).
Output from journalctl -b -g CSC3551 --output short-monotonic
after the old patch:
[5.358062] zenbook kernel: Serial bus multi instantiate pseudo device driver CSC3551:00: Instantiated 2 SPI devices.
[5.643640] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.0: Cirrus Logic CS35L41 (35a40), Revision: B2
[5.680302] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.1: Cirrus Logic CS35L41 (35a40), Revision: B2
[5.996217] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.0: Falling back to default firmware.
[5.996608] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.0: DSP1: Firmware version: 3
[5.996611] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.0: DSP1: cirrus/cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot.wmfw: Fri 24 Jun 2022 14:55:56 GMT Daylight Time
[6.069598] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.0: DSP1: Firmware: 400a4 vendor: 0x2 v0.58.0, 2 algorithms
[6.070173] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.0: DSP1: 0: ID cd v29.78.0 XM@94 YM@e
[6.070185] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.0: DSP1: 1: ID f20b v0.1.0 XM@17c YM@0
[6.070192] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.0: DSP1: spk-prot: e:\workspace\workspace\tibranch_release_playback_6.76_2\ormis\staging\default_tunings\internal\CS35L53\Fixed_Attenuation_Mono_48000_29.78.0\full\Fixed_Attenuation_Mono_48000_29.78.0_full.bin
[6.083485] zenbook kernel: snd_hda_codec_realtek ehdaudio0D0: bound spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.0 (ops cs35l41_hda_comp_ops [snd_hda_scodec_cs35l41])
[6.083899] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.1: Falling back to default firmware.
[6.083962] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.1: DSP1: Firmware version: 3
[6.083966] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.1: DSP1: cirrus/cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot.wmfw: Fri 24 Jun 2022 14:55:56 GMT Daylight Time
[6.145224] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.1: DSP1: Firmware: 400a4 vendor: 0x2 v0.58.0, 2 algorithms
[6.145817] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.1: DSP1: 0: ID cd v29.78.0 XM@94 YM@e
[6.145828] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.1: DSP1: 1: ID f20b v0.1.0 XM@17c YM@0
[6.145834] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.1: DSP1: spk-prot: e:\workspace\workspace\tibranch_release_playback_6.76_2\ormis\staging\default_tunings\internal\CS35L53\Fixed_Attenuation_Mono_48000_29.78.0\full\Fixed_Attenuation_Mono_48000_29.78.0_full.bin
[6.161484] zenbook kernel: snd_hda_codec_realtek ehdaudio0D0: bound spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.1 (ops cs35l41_hda_comp_ops [snd_hda_scodec_cs35l41])
The "Falling back to default firmware" disappears if spk-id-gpios
are provided (the block is commented in the patch). As a result, a different firmware is loaded, resulting in very low volume and strong distortion. If the new patch is used, that uses external boost, the sound is correct, and the log is
[0.004000] zenbook kernel: ACPI: Table Upgrade: install [SSDT-CUSTOM- CSC3551]
[0.004000] zenbook kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0x00000000368FD000 0001A0 (v01 CUSTOM CSC3551 00000001 INTL 20200925)
[5.607253] zenbook kernel: Serial bus multi instantiate pseudo device driver CSC3551:00: Instantiated 2 SPI devices.
[5.906936] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.0: Cirrus Logic CS35L41 (35a40), Revision: B2
[5.907354] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.1: Reset line busy, assuming shared reset
[5.938136] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.1: Cirrus Logic CS35L41 (35a40), Revision: B2
[6.239406] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.0: DSP1: Firmware version: 3
[6.239415] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.0: DSP1: cirrus/cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot-10431e02.wmfw: Fri 27 Aug 2021 14:58:19 W. Europe Daylight Time
[6.313109] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.0: DSP1: Firmware: 400a4 vendor: 0x2 v0.43.1, 2 algorithms
[6.313524] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.0: DSP1: 0: ID cd v29.63.1 XM@94 YM@e
[6.313530] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.0: DSP1: 1: ID f20b v0.1.0 XM@176 YM@0
[6.313535] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.0: DSP1: spk-prot: C:\Users\tyang\Desktop\Product Setting\SmartAMP\ASUS\ASUS_Zenbook\UX3402\Tuning Release\220304\ASUS_UX3402_L_tuning_IDYC_ReDc_PICL_RTL_0304.bin
[6.337211] zenbook kernel: snd_hda_codec_realtek ehdaudio0D0: bound spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.0 (ops cs35l41_hda_comp_ops [snd_hda_scodec_cs35l41])
[6.337534] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.1: DSP1: Firmware version: 3
[6.337540] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.1: DSP1: cirrus/cs35l41-dsp1-spk-prot-10431e02.wmfw: Fri 27 Aug 2021 14:58:19 W. Europe Daylight Time
[6.399070] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.1: DSP1: Firmware: 400a4 vendor: 0x2 v0.43.1, 2 algorithms
[6.399612] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.1: DSP1: 0: ID cd v29.63.1 XM@94 YM@e
[6.399623] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.1: DSP1: 1: ID f20b v0.1.0 XM@176 YM@0
[6.399629] zenbook kernel: cs35l41-hda spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.1: DSP1: spk-prot: C:\Users\tyang\Desktop\Product Setting\SmartAMP\ASUS\ASUS_Zenbook\UX3402\Tuning Release\220304\ASUS_UX3402_R_tuning_IDYC_ReDc_PICL_RTL_0304.bin
[6.427637] zenbook kernel: snd_hda_codec_realtek ehdaudio0D0: bound spi1-CSC3551:00-cs35l41-hda.1 (ops cs35l41_hda_comp_ops [snd_hda_scodec_cs35l41])
First of all, I would like to thank everyone who made this happen, without your time diving in to solve this issue, this solution would not be possible!! I installed EndeavourOS today and on the kernel version it was on when installed (6.6.10), the sound didn't work without a patch. However, after compiling the latest version of the mainline kernel 6.7.0, and rebooting, the sound worked without any modifications, natively.
I used this laptop - UX3402ZA (Bios 310) throughout the year with Windows, and the times I tested the patches on Linux, the sound only came from one side, it was low, but it was already a path towards a solution, which made me very happy. However, using it like that made me go back to Windows to avoid damaging the speaker and wait, until I could extract 100% from the laptop (which isn't very cheap here in Brazil).
But now, after this kernel update, the sound is loud, not as loud as Windows, which could reach a level where it distorted the sound, sometimes losing quality. But on Linux, it's loud and at a level where the sound is perfect, it doesn’t distort, meaning, it's at an ideal maximum sound level for the speakers.
Again, many thanks to everyone involved who made it happen, now it's just a matter of waiting as the distros update their kernel and soon it will be resolved for most of the machines we use.
THANK YOU!