Control: reassign -1 src:linux Control: forcemerge 1120479 -1 Hi Kai,
Thanks for your report. On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 04:11:59PM +0100, Kai Wasserbäch wrote: > Package: linux-image-amd64 > Version: 6.17.13-1 > Severity: wishlist > > Dear Maintainers, > I have a new Dell Pro Max 14 (model: MC14255) laptop and with the stock > Debian kernels (I've tried the testing version, but unstable won't fix this > either, since the config flags are still missing) the laptop only played > audio via the HDMI/DP port through the AMD audio co-processor in the GPU. > Since a vanilla kernel (6.18.7) didn't fix the issue either, I suspected a > missing PCIID somewhere and reported > <https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221015> upstream. > > With the very friendly support from the ALSA maintainers and AMD engineers > it was figured out, that the Debian stock kernel (and thus my derived > builds) were lacking the proper SoundWire config options to make the Realtek > codecs usable. > > Attached you'll find my current KConfig, that yields a working audio system. > The relevant new options are: > > - CONFIG_SND_SOC_AMD_SDW_MACH_COMMON=m > - CONFIG_SND_SOC_AMD_SOF_SDW_MACH=m > - CONFIG_SND_SOC_AMD_LEGACY_SDW_MACH=m > - CONFIG_SND_SOC_AMD_SOUNDWIRE=m > - CONFIG_SOUNDWIRE_AMD=m > > Please consider activating these settings to enable audio on modern AMD-based > laptops. See #1120479 and merged bugs. So merging this one as well, the change is already present in experimental and will be backported as well for the unstable version soon. Regards, Salvatore
