>
> Hello..
> I have a gigabyte X48-DQ6 motherboard, specification url:
>
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherbo...
> they clearly state it uses a realtek alc 889a.
>
> google around, it seems lots of people which has this chip gets it
> detected as alc885, including me.
>
> now, audio works (atleast analog out, havent tested the rest), allthough
> i couldnt get the supposed feature of separate channel to front panel to
> work(doesent matter much to me though)
>
> interrested in fixing this just for the sake of fixing, i ventured into
> patch_realtek.c, and found the structure that defined patches for hda
> audio.
>
> i inspected my /proc/asound/card0/codec#2 file (only one except the id
> file), and found the following information:
> Codec: Realtek ALC885
> Address: 2
> Vendor Id: 0x10ec0885
> Subsystem Id: 0x1458a002
> Revision Id: 0x100103
>
> i then modified patch_realtek.c to detect mine as ALC889A, and assign
> the correct patch to it (well, the one used for 889).
>
> After rebuilding, it now uses patch 883 instead of 882 as it did before.
> i dont appear to have recieved any separate front panel channel,
> however, it still seems more correct now, and is probably wise to keep
> for when 883 is improved to support the hardware fully.
>
> the only thing i notice has changed, is the message i get from the
> kernel, before i changed, it said:
> hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC882, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
> now it says:
> hda_codec: Unknown model for ALC883, trying auto-probe from BIOS...
> but i guess if it has to spew out such a line, it now spews out the
> correct one.
>
> analog audio works, so thats fine..
>
> the patch(i apologize if my mailer messes up whitespace, but its so
> simple that it doesent matter):
