New AMD Linux Audio Driver Patches Posted - Aimed For Enhancing Chromebook Support

[phoronix]

Phoronix: New AMD Linux Audio Driver Patches Posted - Aimed For Enhancing Chromebook Support

In addition to Linux 5.15 adding a new AMD audio driver for "Van Gogh" APUs such as found in the forthcoming Steam Deck, AMD's open-source Linux driver engineers have also been working on other audio improvements -- this time on the Chromebook front...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMD-Linux-Audio-Guybrush

[loganj]

my laptop has a 4500u cpu. lspci shows amd audio but why does alsamixer shows realtek alc287?
i have a ati r6xx hdmi in that list also but i'm not using hdmi.
Does these APU needs an audio card on the motherboard in order to provide audio over hdmi? or these APU has audio too but only for HDMI output?
i'm really confuse about why lspci showing only amd audio and alsamixer showing 2 chipsets realtek and ati

[agd5f]

my laptop has a 4500u cpu. lspci shows amd audio but why does alsamixer shows realtek alc287?
i have a ati r6xx hdmi in that list also but i'm not using hdmi.
Does these APU needs an audio card on the motherboard in order to provide audio over hdmi? or these APU has audio too but only for HDMI output?
i'm really confuse about why lspci showing only amd audio and alsamixer showing 2 chipsets realtek and ati

There are multiple audio controllers on the platform; one for headphone jacks, etc. and one for HDMI/DP audio. The HDA controller or ACP controller are basically just DMA and i2s controllers. They are attached to CODECs from Realtek, Cirrus, etc. that provide the audio capabilities.

[MadeUpName]

Any one heard any thing about what the new audio features are that come in the audio controller in Van Gough?

[jaxa]

Any one heard any thing about what the new audio features are that come in the audio controller in Van Gough?

Maybe more will be disclosed at CES in January, or as the Steam Deck starts getting into more hands in December.